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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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Admiralty House

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  • 20 older comments, and then…
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Considering it's now a Benedictine Convent I'd say there are still no admirals to be seen.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Sharon Corbet Well done Sharon, so date is post 1886.
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Closest I can get to a streetview.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Sharon Corbet I had thought I would be opening the "no longer there" album for this one, very happy that it can stay in built heritage.
  • Andy Brill said:
    A thing of beauty - proportioned and ample verandas with cast or wrought iron railings and a widows walk!

Come with me, Oh Stolen Child

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  • 13 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Property Laws: Legally, child abduction was often treated under laws relating to the "stealing" or theft of a person's services or clothing, rather than modern kidnapping frameworks.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    19 August 1864 was a Friday (disappearance) ...

    11 November 1864 was a Friday (printing) ...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "No. 3 Castle-st." has been rebuilt; I imagine it looked very like the still-standing No. 4, with a street level shop and three floors of house above (?) - maps.app.goo.gl
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The NLI is always amazing! The previous house demolished 1812...
    "View of an old house in Castle Street, corner of Werburgh street, taken down in April, 1812" - the shop says 'COULTER'.
    (I suppose it could have been at one of the other corners, but the fortuitous coincidence is too good to ignore) -
    catalogue.nli.ie
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Was she ever found?
    There appears to be no record, either way

This photo has Spirit!

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    ‘National Army’ implies date range 1922 to 1924
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel Excellent, Eagle Eye, thank you! We love a good news poster.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Perhaps the Krazy Kataloguers were muddled with this one -
    "[The Square, Kilcock, Co. Kildare]"
    catalogue.nli.ie
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    If we can uncover the background to AWFUL SCENES, etc., we could narrow the date further?
  • Rory Sherlock said:
    I think it is Kilcock:
    maps.app.goo.gl

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