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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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Fine lace for Mrs. De Lacy

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  • 43 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    There is also a Miss De Lacy in the archive, a teenager. No hits in likely counties in the 1901 census, but a possible
    Miss in Yoletown, Wexford, 1911
  • Suck Diesel said:
    The Island must mean Little Island
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I see other Pooles titled The Island for Mr. Fitzgerald, which would be Little Island.

    Mr. Diesel beat me to it.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Undigitized, but there is a Cabinet commissioned by Miss De Lacy, The Island, Waterford

    Dated 1912, which suggests she was old enough to order pics herself, older than the Yoletown Mary.
  • DannyM8 said:
    Lovely photo.

Beware, there's lurkers in the shade!

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  • Bo Dudas said:
    Stunning image from a time when categorizing and documenting cities was the norm. Leaving us a deep and rich history. Thank you for sharing this really gorgeous and important photograph
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Bo Dudas You're very welcome.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    A little to the left, and lurker-less in December 2012 via William Murphy
    Edit - Also
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia I'm obviously wildly biassed, but ours is more atmospheric?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Indeedy!
    LurkerView (I went for a snoop up the stairs) - maps.app.goo.gl/ZHoJ81oEyJCNfT2B6

Baby, it's cold outside

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