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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 Infirmary, Ennis

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  • 18 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Spot the differences! Cabinet plate - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000333962
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia There were a number of changes indeed.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons And it proves your opinion that it was 'staged'. I can't find an Imperial plate yet ...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Marked on the 25", directly opposite Bindon St., no longer standing.

    Site is now Ennis Health Centre: Streetview
  • Niall McAuley said:
    It's on the 1830s 6", too

Hairnet coiffure vignette

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  • 16 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    6 December 1905 was a Wednesday ...

    Guestimate the chain to about 8 feet, 2.44 meters.
    Is there a prize?!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Mr Poole did a fair amount of touch-up to the lady's face in this photo. He left another alone -
    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591728

    Same with the gent, who looks a little surreal -
    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591725
    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000591726
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia It is long, but 8 feet is a wild over-Guestimate. No prize for you today.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Snorted with laughter in a most unMarylike fashion!

Kimmage House

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  • 36 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    A quick map check suggests it is still there, part of the Holy Ghost complex
  • Suck Diesel said:
    AKA ‘Kimmage Manor’
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The NIAH says: Detached L-plan Tudor Revival-style country house, c.1890, comprising three-bay two-storey with attic entrance block having central breakfront, and multiple-bay three-storey section to north. Now in use as missionary college.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “Kimmage Manor was originally called Kimmage House. Whereas the house itself is situated in the townland of Kimmage, the property on which it stands straddles the Poddle, reaching into the adjacent townland of Perrystown. Known locally as ‘The Manor’, the building was developed from an existing ‘mansion house’, described in the deeds of conveyance when Sir Frederick Shaw, (1799-1876), purchased the lease of the property, which was to become his home from 1829 until he died. It was ‘The House’ of his Crumlin estate. Gardens and other buildings were included in the sale. Shaw tasked Architects Richard and William Morrison with reinventing the house, resulting in its eventual “unique Tudor revival style with triangular gables, spiral turrets and tall chimneys.”

    poddle.crumlinwalkinstownhistory.ie/location/kimmage-mano...
  • DannyM8 said:
    You never said there was a dog!

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