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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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Nestling neath the shadows of the Mournes

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    Built in the mid-1890s for the Girls Friendly Society of Ireland, it was originally known as the "House of Rest" and served as a home of rest for "sick and weary members".
    The society received Royal permission to name it the Queen Victoria Home in 1901.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    For sale in 2019, a write up in the Belfast Telegraph

    Says closed in 1954, became Glencairn guest house.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Streetview
  • Niall McAuley said:
    That BT article suggests Victoria herself visited in 1900, she did not.
  • Suck Diesel said:

    A later shot renamed Victoria Home

Ladies in a rustic location

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Visitors view Verdant vista

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