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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 decks are stacked

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  • 11 older comments, and then…
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Probably a lot later than the 1930s. Launched in 1955, razor blades in 1975. It was built as a troopship and converted to an educational cruise ship in 1965.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Nevasa#
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Oretani Wildlife (Mike Grimes) Might this not have been much earlier than that though, Mike? Eoin O'Duffy died in 1944, and I don't think any later material was contained in his collection. [edit: Shows what I know! :D ]
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Launched in 1956?, the SS Nevasa was specifically designed and built as a dedicated troopship for wartime and peacetime military personnel transport. When state-sponsored troop movement by sea declined in the early 1960s, the ship was retrofitted in 1965 to serve as an educational cruise ship. It spent the rest of its career taking thousands of school children on educational voyages around the Mediterranean and Baltic seas before being retired and scrapped in 1975.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    The dormitory names and ‘Feb 70’ at bottom date this to its school tours period
  • Mike Grimes said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons the earlier HMT/HMHS Nevasa that would fit in with O'Duffy being alive is not the same ship as this one. Different profile altogether. This is definitely the third one to have the name. Now, why it would be in his collection? There lies a mystery.

    birtwistlewiki.com.au

A very proud family celebrating an Ordination?

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    22 June 1925 was a Monday ...
  • John Spooner said:
    This might be him in the USA. Irish Independent 21st September 1940:
    Irish Independent Saturday, 21 September 1940
    Further on in the article it states that
    Father O'Keefe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O'Keefe. Kilfinane,
    BTW that's Kilfinane with only 2 Ns.
  • John Spooner said:
    O'KEEFE KiLFINANE DOG NEWS
    The Sunday Independent of 18th October 1959 reported that:
    A near-blind terrier, owned by Mr. WIlliam O'Keefe, Corner House, Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, is 21 years old - the oldest dog in Ireland.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    [Aside] I wonder if these folk are the ancestors of Eddie O'Keefe of "Je suits une baguette!" fame at the 2022 World Cup?
    www.irishcentral.com


    Sadly he died in 2025 ... www.facebook.com
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq Monday added, and John Spooner, one n removed.

    I'm fascinated by the woman standing, five from the right. She has the shiniest hair we've ever seen!

Hanging out the washing on the Artiglio's line

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  • Rory Sherlock said:
    The Artiglio was a salvage ship apparently...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artiglio

    Launched in 1906 (and sunk in 1930) according to Wikipedia, so that narrows the date range a bit
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Rory Sherlock It does. Thank you.
  • O Mac said:
    This was taken at Dunmore East.
    Spire of St Andrews Church off the bow.
    maps.app.goo.gl
    If so this is the salvage ship Artigilo 2 as the first was sunk off France in 1930 while salvaging the SS Egypt.

    images.waterfordmuseum.ie
  • Quite Adept said:
    Following the trail of the ship’s change of names and purpose brought me to this page. If the dates of the change of name are right (Name of Artiglio being adopted in 1928) then the photo is a lot later than so far suggested.
  • Quite Adept said:
    www.clydeships.co.uk

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