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The bridge was seen earlier here*behind the castle): www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/16293997882/in/photolist-...

William Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster, merits a wiki page, but James Delahunty's page on the DIA is a bit sparse.

Is "Knight of the Trowel" taking the mick??? Is the stone still there and why Cromaboo?

Swordscookie Probably. Yes ( Streetview). It's the War cry of the Fitzgeralds..

I got the answer to my second question - Crom Abú was the battle cry of the Fitzgeralds and as a Fitzgerald had the bridge built it was his honour to name it! Great detail HERE

Any idea why the Courthouse might be of interest to the Irish Tourist Association?

No idea why the ITA was interested, but it is an attractive building. Flickr is sometimes on the other side. In 2017 via Darryl Bond who says ... "Originally built as Athy's wooden corn exchange in the 1850s, but being tremendously unsuccessful in this role due to poor ventilation it was repurposed as a courthouse in the late 1800s. Burnt down by a lone-wolf IRA member who was later court martialled by said outfit, the building was rebuilt in a most impressive form using stone in 1928. Foley and O’Sullivan were the architects."

Hmm! It looks like the old building was also stone - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000041589

Equity productions first tour started at Arklow on 26th March 1944, and played at Waterford in Easter week. It was "a new company of professional actors and actresses who are working on a Co-op (profit-sharing) basis " (Waterford Standard - Saturday 29 January 1944).

beachcomber australia Seems like a little more information than available from the NIAH record#11505116 for Athy Courthouse, Emily square, Athy, though that does confirm build date of 1858 and original use as a corn exchange. It is describes as "Freestanding seven-bay two-storey Tudor Revival" with "ingle-storey open arcades to east and west sides, lower single-bay single-storey former porch to north end, two-storey judiciary rooms to south. It also said to service the wee matter of having public toilets and the social services office is there also.

BCI 239 ? (I can't find my glasses!) 28 October 1968 was a Monday ... 28 October 1967 was a Saturday ...

The internet is sometimes AMAZING!
"beetle.ie - Ireland’s first ever census on classic Irish aircooled VWs" - beetle.ie/vehicle/bci-239/

beachcomber australia Incredible! The O'Dea shot is listed as Athy in the catalogue, that Beetle page says: It was parked at the side of a garage in Monastervin, County Kildare. in the mid 80s, 20 years later, just 20km up the road.

The Streetview shows that the layout at Athy is very simple now, just twin tracks straight through, but on the 25" it was more complex, with Cattle pens West of the line and track to the Goods shed at left/East. There was a section with buffers behind the surviving water tank. I think that is where the Bowater carriage was pictured, given the points in the foreground.

beachcomber australia Niall McAuley Incredible is right!!