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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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Bathing in Bray Baths beats bathing on Bray Beach

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  • 10 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Built 1880, demolished 1960s,
    Located where aquarium now stands
    www.archiseek.com
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel 1880 earliest date, thank you.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    🐝
    Yay Bravo for the B's !
  • beachcomber australia said:
    I think Mr Eason's photographer was on top of the baths 13[!] years ago ... [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/9397349767/]
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I can't tell from the pics or maps where the actual bathing happened. The building is very long and thin...

N N N NUNS AND N N N NOVICES

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  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    2 October 1926 was a S S S Saturday ...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    9 out of 32 are wearing spectacles (28.125 %).
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia I was using my own spectacles to zoom in on their faces too. It's so interesting that even in a habit that was supposed to quash individuality, some personalities could not be suppressed.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Sisters of Mercy
    “The sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone
    They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on
    And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song
    Oh, I hope you run into them, you who've been travelling so long”
    youtu.be
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The Sisters of Mercy were associated with St. Patrick's hospital in Waterford

Guerrillas in the mists (of time)

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    22 August 1922 was a Two-esday ...

    There is a lady in the middle whose hat looks like hair, and a young gentleman seated in front and right of her, whose hair looks like a hat.

    Edit: The gent is Tom Barry ?!
  • beachcomber australia said:


    Hmmm - wiki says 21/08/1921 - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tom_Barry,_August_1921_(cropped)_(cropped).png
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Here we go ...

    "AN Irish television series claims to have solved an ongoing dispute over the seating arrangement for what it calls the ‘greatest wedding photo of all time’.
    The famous photo – of the wedding of Irish freedom fighter Tom Barry and his wife Leslie Price in 1921 – has long held a fascination for Irish historians.
    The image, taken at Vaughan’s Hotel on Parnell Square in Dublin on August 22nd 1921 – came about exactly one year before General Michael Collins was shot. Collins is seen in the back row, holding his head to one side, and many believe it was because he did not want to be readily identified at the time. ... "

    via - www.southernstar.ie
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Tom Barry: 'We May Have Great Men, But We’ll Never Have Better'
  • O Mac said:
    29 Parnell Sq. West.
    maps.app.goo.gl

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