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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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An ancient Abbey, abandoned and alone

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  • 35 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:


    “The golden sun is sinking far
    Beyond Kilcummin shore,
    The pale faced moon of rosy June
    Doth rise to waken lore;
    The evening star illumines far
    Around old Nephin’s crown,
    And muffled roar of Rosses shore
    Doth swell these valleys round;
    This silent strand, these waters grand,
    So deep, so lone, so blue;
    This Abbey Moyne whereon I stand,
    This prospect of Moyview,
    The calm repose of evenings close
    That wraps this pool of Moyne,
    And wailing cry of seabirds high
    Deep silence all enjoin.”
    (Rev. James Greer)
  • beachcomber australia said:
    HNY 2026 - Trifecta Time !

    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320969 ROY (this photo)
    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000333039 CAB
    catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000326982 IMP
  • Niall McAuley said:
    beachcomber australia A low ROY, a medium CAB and a huge IMP catalogue number. I think a date is unlikely from catalogue neighbours!

    Happy new year, all.

    EDIT: Wait, it is not a low ROY number 607 as indicated in the link, it should be 6072 - hope for a nearby dated shot after all.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There is another photo - L_ROY_06075 - which shows a newish grave stone with "1898" (or possibly 1888) see - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320972
  • Niall McAuley said:
    ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq 1898, definitely

    findagrave says its Rev Nolan, P. P.

Islands in the mist

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Curly Stephenson

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    I know we have seen this boy before, it was over 10 years ago and I do hope we get more details about him and his life.

  • Niall McAuley said:
    Possibly George Daniel Gerard, born 18th December 1900, New Street, Carrick on Suir? Hmm, family address is still New Street for the birth of sister Olive in 1906.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Hold your horses, there:
    January 8, 1907
  • beachcomber australia said:
    8 January 1907 was a Tuesday ...

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