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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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Meet Miss J. Doyle...

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  • 10 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Ah, Mr Poole's indoor sundial again ...

    I think it could be a fob watch, with a very twisted cord.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia And no grubby carpet to discombobulate you!
  • John Spooner said:
    A Miss J Doyle is mentioned as present at meetings of the Enniscorthy National Teachers Association in 1917-1920, and before that the name occurs in list of donations to worthy causes: - e.g. 5s to the Enniscorthy Clothing Society in 1898, and 2 bottles of old wine as prizes at the Athenaeum Bazaar in 1902.

    From the lists of donors it's clear that Doyle is a very common name in Enniscorthy, so I'm not saying today's Miss J. Doyle is definitely a teacher, but as soon as I saw her expression I thought 'teacher'.

    In Britain until 1920, women teachers were not allowed to marry (or if they did they had to give up teaching). Was it the same in Ireland?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Here she is, a farmer’s daughter, circa 21 in this photo

    nationalarchives.ie
  • John Spooner said:
    To answer my own question, it seems not. James Doyle, of Marshalstown, died in 1910 aged 30, the son of Michael Doyle of Clonjordan, "and husband of Mrs. Doyle, the courteous teacher of Marshalstown schools." Not our Miss J. Doyle, but women teachers could marry without losing their job, it seems.

Lady Leonie Leslie looking lovesome and lovely

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Via The Peerage - www.thepeerage.com

    "Leonie Blanche Jerome was born in August 1859.1 She was the daughter of Leonard Jerome and Clarissa Hall.1 She married Sir John Leslie, 2nd Bt., son of Sir John Leslie, 1st Bt. and Lady Constance Wilhelmina Frances Dawson-Damer, on 2 October 1884.1 She died on 21 August 1943.1
    Her married name became Leslie. She was appointed Dame of Grace, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (D.G.St.J.)2 She was awarded the Médaille de la Reine Elisabeth de Belgium ... "
  • Suck Diesel said:
    From this photo?

    mostlybritishhistory.substack.com
  • beachcomber australia said:
    " ... On 2 October 1884 in New York City, with disapproval from both families, Leslie married Leonie Blanche Jerome (1859–1943), daughter of the wealthy American financier Leonard Jerome .[9] Leonie's sister was Jennie, wife of Lord Randolph Churchill and mother of Winston Churchill.[9] Leslie and his wife had four children:[2] "

    via - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_John_Leslie,_2nd_Baronet (includes this photo)
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Is this a drawing from a photo?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "Camera-Etching by Van der Verde, London" see autograph
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Van_der_Weyde

Dirt on the street and Dog in the distance

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  • O Mac said:
    St Joseph's convent of the Poor Clare's has lost its spire but Farnham's is still there along with it's coat of arms.
    maps.app.goo.gl
  • Rienk Mebius said:
    remnants of equestrian traffick I suppose(?)
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    O Mac What happened the spire?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Rienk Mebius Most assuredly!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    There is a sequence of Cabinet plates. Might help with the date -
    catalogue.nli.ie (this photo)
    catalogue.nli.ie
    catalogue.nli.ie

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