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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 young Doctor Stephenson, I presume?

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    8 September 1908 was a Tuesday ...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Only one hit for Stephenson, Doctor in the 1911 census, and he's only 22!

    Poor transcription, I think it says Medical Doctor, Not Practicing, M.D. National University

    His father, Matthew, Late Land Owner, Justice of Peace Kilkenny.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley Indeed. Not prostising would be unusual. :)
  • Niall McAuley said:
    At young John's birth in 1888, Matthew was a Gentleman Farmer in Dualla near Cashel.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    A bit more Poole-adjacent, in 1901 the family live in 17 Church Road, Tramore.

    The 25" shows a house named Clareville on Priest's Road in Tramore.

    House is still standing, now named Inchera Streetview

Cúchulainn loved the Mód Direach!

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  • Mike Grimes said:
    Established in 1859, Dundalgan Press is one the oldest printing works in Ireland. The firm was started by William Tempest, and expanded under his son Henry (1881–1964).

    [From Facebook and Oxford Reference]
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Meet the founder.

    www.dib.ie/biography/tempest-william-a8491
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Here's Mr Tempest's shop (posted 15 years ago!).

  • Niall McAuley said:
    Tempest's Annual for 1905
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Can anyone find the charts online ?
    Please !

Ireland's tallest ladder or longest drainpipe?

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Gas AND electric lights - brilliant !
  • beachcomber australia said:
    I think this nearby-in-the-catalogue one is the same day (small bare trees in the park etc). Shows the poles for electric trams, and the Robinson & Cleaver store where Mr French / Lawrence was perched on the first floor(?) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000338154
    L_CAB_02411
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The other photo shows a shining new statue of Queen Victoria in prime position ...
    ...Created by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, it was unveiled by her son, King Edward VII in 1903. Carved from Sicilian marble and standing 11 feet high, this memorial is accompanied on each side by life size bronze figures representing spinning and shipbuilding. The reading child to the rear of the sculpture represents education ...
    From - www.belfastcity.gov.uk/cityhallstatues#:~:text=Created%20....

    So 1903 + ?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Building from 1903

    www.archiseek.com/1903-ocean-accident-gaurantee-corporati...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Google satellite 3D is fun - maps.app.goo.gl/jLF8pQyRFa7CytsX6

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