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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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Give me the History of Ireland on one sheet of paper!

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  • 26 older comments, and then…
  • Swordscookie said:
    We drove the Danes out of Ireland over 1000 years ago and there are still shiploads of them off our west coast! Are they heading to Greenland to repel the US invasion?????
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Question of the day.
    Why is the Honeymoon of Maggie and Jiggs represented on the map?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia There's a good Limerick in there somewhere.
  • Foxglove said:
    and several dogs !.... and a lion pair too
  • DannyM8 said:
    Foxglove I saw them first!

Oh Flower of Scotland

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Wikipedia has a very similar photo in Westminster Abbey dated "c. 1875 - c. 1885". There's no label on the sword and shield ...
    Spot the Differences!

    The Stone of Scone has had more than its share of ups and downs - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Scone
    "Since March 2024, it has been on permanent public display in Perth"
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! Via Leonard Bentley who says the Magic Lantern slide is late 1880s -
  • Niall McAuley said:
    We had its Irish equivalent, an Lia Fáil, here before, also by Mason below.

    I see the Scottish rock is also called An Lia Fàil in Scots Gaelic!
    The harp that once through Tara's Halls...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Because that comment came from you, for one milli-zillisecond I thought, what's it doing in Western Australia?! :D
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Ha ha! I am moithered that the Stone of Scone doesn't rhyme !

An ancient Abbey, abandoned and alone

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  • Suck Diesel said:


    “The golden sun is sinking far
    Beyond Kilcummin shore,
    The pale faced moon of rosy June
    Doth rise to waken lore;
    The evening star illumines far
    Around old Nephin’s crown,
    And muffled roar of Rosses shore
    Doth swell these valleys round;
    This silent strand, these waters grand,
    So deep, so lone, so blue;
    This Abbey Moyne whereon I stand,
    This prospect of Moyview,
    The calm repose of evenings close
    That wraps this pool of Moyne,
    And wailing cry of seabirds high
    Deep silence all enjoin.”
    (Rev. James Greer)
  • beachcomber australia said:
    HNY 2026 - Trifecta Time !

    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320969 ROY (this photo)
    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000333039 CAB
    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000326982 IMP
  • Niall McAuley said:
    beachcomber australia A low ROY, a medium CAB and a huge IMP catalogue number. I think a date is unlikely from catalogue neighbours!

    Happy new year, all.

    EDIT: Wait, it is not a low ROY number 607 as indicated in the link, it should be 6072 - hope for a nearby dated shot after all.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There is another photo - L_ROY_06075 - which shows a newish grave stone with "1898" (or possibly 1888) see - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320972
  • Niall McAuley said:
    ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq 1898, definitely

    findagrave says its Rev Nolan, P. P.

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