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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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  • 21 older comments, and then…
  • 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.

The Ladies and the Tramp (steamer)

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Ireland's tallest ladder or longest drainpipe?

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  • 28 older comments, and then…
  • 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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