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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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The Raftice Family of Mullinavat

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    25 August 1908 was a Tuesday ...

    Is the child on the left holding a toy DOG?
  • Niall McAuley said:
    32 Raftices in the 1911 census, but none entered as Mullinavat.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The only ones with small children are the Raftices of Grogan, Ballincrea, about 10 km away.

    Bridget, Maggie and Stasia in 1911....

    But they would have been aged 5, 1 and zero in 1908, and there were only 3, no sibs in 1911.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Part of Mullinavat is in Garrandarragh townland, which has two Raftices in 1911, Mary Anne (67), and in another household, James Cannon, 71.

    Given as Mullinavat Town in 1901.

    Perhaps this is Mary Anne with a collection of grandchildren?
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    It could be a Mrs. Raftice with her daughter's kids - with the grandkids having a different surname. For example Catherine Raftice in Ballylusky, which is only a few km from Mullinavat.

Executions are no joke!

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    Fake news
  • Foxglove said:
    there is a glitch with Flickr today - feeds are hosting "recommended photos" rather than "favoured users"
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Foxglove Yes, spotted weirdinesses alright.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I see a crop of this pic online with the rightmost two prisoners captioned John Charles Keegan (right) with Eamon De Valera from a photo taken in Arbour Hill prison 1924
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley Somewhere reputable? The Long Fellow, certainly. Interested to hear more about John Charles Keegan...

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