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Here at the National Library of Ireland we look after the largest collection of Irish printed, manuscript, and visual material in the world, and our collections span almost 1,000 years of Irish art, culture, history and literature. We first started on flickr in February 2010 with a range of items from our Ephemera Collections. These printed items - originally produced to be almost as quickly thrown away - are invaluable as a means of gaining snapshots of different periods in Ireland's social, political, economic and cultural history. Though transient items, they're sometimes very beautiful to look at, occasionally fascinating, and often unintentionally funny...

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Let's meet the Chearnleys of Salterbridge

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Prior to the RDS the Garrison was the place to be!

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    The catalogue says Rathdowney, Co. Laois
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "Thomas Prior (1680 – 21 October 1751) was an Irish author, known as the founder of the Royal Dublin Society."
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Prior

    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000313113
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Confirmed by the dib:
    Prior, Thomas (1681–1751), founder of the Dublin Society and philanthropist, was born in Garrison House, Rathdowney, Queen's Co. (Laois)

    www.dib.ie/biography/prior-thomas-a7508
  • Niall McAuley said:
    There is a townland called Garrison near Erril, not a million miles west of Rathdowney, with just one house on the historic maps.

    www.logainm.ie/en/28727
  • Niall McAuley said:
    There is still a farm and farm buildings here, I can't tell if this house is still standing in some form: maps.app.goo.gl/rCErac7aHLivgaJEA

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