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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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  • 20 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.

All ready to dance the Charleston

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    There is a non-digitized shot called Wedding cake commissioned by Mr. Alec Tringey, Moran's Hotel
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Hmm, no Tringeys in the 1901 or 1911 census, nor in the irishgeneology records. Possible transcription error? Or perhaps a non-Irish gentleman?

    Ah, Tingey.

    Marriage record of Alexander Tingey, Printer or maybe Painter? of Moorfields, London to Josephine Collins of Lr. Grange, witnesses Nellie Collins and Henry Colclough.


    Oct 20th 1928.
  • Samuel Collazo said:
    Excellent!!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley Wow. Niall, you make this look so easy!
  • Suck Diesel said:
    civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details-civi...

Oh Flower of Scotland

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Wikipedia has a very similar photo in Westminster Abbey dated "c. 1875 - c. 1885". There's no label on the sword and shield ...
    Spot the Differences!

    The Stone of Scone has had more than its share of ups and downs - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_of_Scone
    "Since March 2024, it has been on permanent public display in Perth"
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! Via Leonard Bentley who says the Magic Lantern slide is late 1880s -
  • Niall McAuley said:
    We had its Irish equivalent, an Lia Fáil, here before, also by Mason below.

    I see the Scottish rock is also called An Lia Fàil in Scots Gaelic!
    The harp that once through Tara's Halls...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Because that comment came from you, for one milli-zillisecond I thought, what's it doing in Western Australia?! :D
  • beachcomber australia said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Ha ha! I am moithered that the Stone of Scone doesn't rhyme !

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