National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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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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Boarding with McPhail is confusing

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  • 8 older comments, and then…
  • Swordscookie said:
    Galwey in Dublin but all in Belfast???
    You are just trying to confuse us now!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Swordscookie Thank you! We do our best.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Google Lens is nudging me towards the terrace of hotels at Queen's Promenade, Douglas, Isle of Man. I am not sure which particular pair of houses this is.
    IoMview - maps.app.goo.gl/Xa4xkSrhdpzMrxYL7

    Nearby in 1911 - www.facebook.com/groups/manxnostalgia/posts/1015906558580...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    NB The tram lines, still there in Douglas.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Second thoughts - this pair seem to match a bit better - end of terrace on the right, five steps up, three basement windows, etc.
    maps.app.goo.gl/8251g8e9zQetu6AZ8

Spot the Loyal Guard Dog

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  • 21 older comments, and then…
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Is that some early photoshopping? See the lady on the right.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I think it is motion blur
  • Niall McAuley said:
    We met the dog before:

    More Besties from the Clonbrock Estate
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Could this be the same Dog?
  • DannyM8 said:
    Nice Dog.

You'll get a needle to an anchor in Paddy Browne's

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  • 26 older comments, and then…
  • O Mac said:
    The Patrick Browne building is still there
    maps.app.goo.gl/vzwrttpe2UvcFtPbA
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Graffiti in front of the Natioanal Bank -
    REPUBLIC LIVES - WILL YOU DEFEND?
    (I could be wrong!)
  • Mike Grimes said:
    O Mac Yes it is, it's Papa John's Pizza.

    maps.app.goo.gl/Nc456Sg7gBo1fhvu5
  • mikeyashworth said:
    Could be towards the latter end of your time period - the gas lamp column outside the bank has been decommissioned and is minus its lantern whilst on the adjacent post there's an early electric street lamp.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Talking of Banks, the AIB on the right side is not yet there. When did it arrive ?

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