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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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Official rather than actual?

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    [Reminds me of Freddie Mercury]

    Via - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Guest,_1st_Viscount_Wimborne
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! In June 1914 via The Library of Congress
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Wednesday 14 April 1915 ? Reported in the London Times on Thursday 15, via Trove - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229335444?searchTerm=w...

    NEW LORD-LIEUTENANT.
    (Published in the Times.)
    LONDON, Thursday Morning.
    Lord Wimborne, the new Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, made a state entry into Dublin. He was accorded an excellent reception. Crowds lined the streets.
    ... ... ...
    HIGH-PRICED BULLOCKS     !!
  • John Spooner said:
    It was in the afternoon of the 14th. His Excellency had arrived at Kingstown at 1:30 p.m. and before he could get on his horse there was the matter of the royal salute (fired by torpedo boats), meeting dignitaries, speeches, luncheon (all still on board), then landing at 3 p.m. before the viceregal party could get on their train to Westland Row. Then after meeting railway officials and inspecting a guard of honour
    Shortly afterwards Lord Wimborne came down the steps of the railway station and mounted his beautiful bay charger with the easy grace of a practised horseman. The waiting populace burst into round after round of cheers. He looked strikingly handsome as he handled hie prancing steed with one white-gloved hand, while with the other be doffed his hat to the salutes of .the people. A procession was formed and proceeded to the Castle ...
    (Irish Independent - Thursday 15 April 1915)
    So I'd guess it was about 4 p.m. on Wednesday 14th April 1915. (see below)

    And the article also specifies the order of the procession. Ahead of the Lord Lieutenant was the Ulster King of Arms, and behind was the General Officer Commanding the Troops in Ireland.
  • Carol Maddock said:
    Delira that Ulster King-at-Arms got great use out of his very fancy uniform. Here in 1915 for the Aberdeens' departure...

Ghosts galore at St. Catherine's

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  • O Mac said:
    "Do not look for him. His grave is Ireland."
  • Niall McAuley said:
    At right, a Fire Escape Station lamp post. The ladder is against the wall of the church, behind the railings.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    16:43
    There's a Cabinet plate five minutes later at 16:48 - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000334458

    And a reverse-ish view, different day(?) with a woman selling apples (hopefully not horse apples!) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000321073
  • Niall McAuley said:
    We are before electric trams, before 1900
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The Robert Emmet stone isn't there yet ... In 1969 and thirteen years ago

    Edit: That tablet was "ERECTED BY THE THOMAS MOORE SOCIETY 1953”, so no help with dating. See -
    readingthesigns.weebly.com/blog/robert-emmet-love-death-b...

Widow Macnamara in her fortress

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  • The K-Dog said:
    Anyone know the story behind this? I assume they are trying to resist an eviction?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Yes, that's right. This is the home of eighty year old widow, Margaret Macnamara, from Bodyke, Co. Clare, who was evicted on 2 June 1877. More photos of these events are tagged 'Bodyke' in our photostream and you can read more about the Bodyke Evictions: www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/history/bodyke_eviction... and www.askaboutireland.ie/learning-zone/primary-students/loo...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    This might be the heavily modified cottage. The chimney looks similar...
  • Ben Fagan said:
    Taken by a correspondant of the 'Pall Mall Gazette' Henry Norman who subsequently used drawings based from them in a booklet called 'Bodyke: A history of Landlordism in Ireland'.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    For anyone interested, though we first posted this image back in 2010, the events it captures were covered in a 2015 episode of Tríd an Lionsa (available, as of Nov 2015, on the TG4 web-player).

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