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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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When Colonialists were the "Good Guys"?

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  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I'm going to guess this was a copy, and that one of the soldiers is a relation of the Mrs. Gough who ordered it.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Calling beachcomber australia. Come in beachcomber australia. Try the catalogue now, please!
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The Gambia Regiment is a possibility, per wikipedia:
    The parade uniform of the regiment consisted of khaki drill shorts with red fezzes, along with scarlet zouave-style jackets. The jacket style was inherited from the West India Regiment. The jackets had a yellow edging and red cummerbunds. In the field, the regiment originally wore a variation of the Kilmarnock cap, but just prior to World War II this changed to the slouch hat. Similarly, British officers attached to the regiment initially wore pith helmets, but they also later changed to the slouch hat. Although most uniforms in the RWAFF were similar, the special distinction of the Gambia Regiment was a khaki and brown puggree, and a brown cummerbund.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Similar?

    collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1977-09-130-6
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Or the Northern Nigeria regiment, maybe

Cannons to the left, cannons to the right at Florence Court

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  • Philip Mayer said:
    I never thought I'd ever be the first to comment on something in this site.
    Just because I wake up early. 😄👍
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Philip Mayer G'day!

    Flickr is sometimes amazing! In June 2010 via Kathy Urban
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The cannons are still there and much loved. In April 2009 via midwestconf
  • Suck Diesel said:
    The house is named after Florence Bourchier Wrey, the wife of Sir John Cole, who built the first incarnation of the mansion in the 1720s.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Philip Mayer Well done on beating our beachcomber australia to the punch!

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