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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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Curly Stephenson

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  • 31 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    I know we have seen this boy before, it was over 10 years ago and I do hope we get more details about him and his life.

  • Niall McAuley said:
    Possibly George Daniel Gerard, born 18th December 1900, New Street, Carrick on Suir? Hmm, family address is still New Street for the birth of sister Olive in 1906.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Hold your horses, there:
    January 8, 1907
  • beachcomber australia said:
    8 January 1907 was a Tuesday ...

Soviet Era ugliness up the Boro

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  • 23 older comments, and then…
  • Irish251 said:
    It’s “its”!
  • Suck Diesel said:
    The era of renting a TV
  • George FitzPatrick said:
    Opel Kadett B in the foreground and an early Renault 10(round headlamps) coming into shot. Later models had oblong lamps.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Irish251 Already amended. Thank you for keeping us on our toes though.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel Remember ours being rented from RTV on Baggot Street.

Haste to the wedding!

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  • 17 older comments, and then…
  • Rory Sherlock said:
    Full details here:
    www.advertiser.ie

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draic_%C3%93_M%C3%A1ille
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Sitting upright second from the left in the front row on the grass is Dick O'Toole from Tourmackeady.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Arthur Griffith, Michael Collins
    Ed. Does Collins look a little camera shy?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    About here? GoogleMaps 3D - www.google.com (might not work for you)
  • Swordscookie said:
    Rory Sherlock Rory's link makes the identification easy as they are all accounted for in the article. O'Maille was involved in a confrontation in April of that year at or near his home in Kilmilkin in Co. Galway where Constable Boylan, a widower with four young children was killed. One of those identified in the photograph is Dr. Michael Brown who was later Bishop of Galway and famous/infamous for the cathedral in Galway city!

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