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Variations on a theme of shooting!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Pistol or light meter (see catalogue)??
  • sissonni said:
    William Mahon and Edith Mahon in the 1911 Census. Edith in the 1901 Census .
  • sissonni said:
    Their marriage certificate - dated January 25, 1905 in Ahascragh Church - here
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Here is Sir William in shooting garb "ca. 1914" - NB different tie and shirt collar, so not likely to be the same day - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000523131
  • sissonni said:
    Their children: - Ursula Augusta Jane, 17 Jan 1906 - William Gerald Ross, 2 Sep 1909 - George Edward John, the 6th baronet, 22 Jun 1911 - Mary Edith Georgiana, 22 Jun 1911 - Luke Bryan Arthur, 12 Apr 1917

Main Street, looking towards Dunloe Street, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Robert Riddell said:
    The foreground is actually Main Street with Dunlo Street in the distance.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Robert Riddell thank you.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Medical Hall is still there, the Irish House on corner replaced by AIB, could be dated goo.gl/maps/sji3eN5RoqtBnfXU8
  • beachcomber australia said:
    We have visited before, but after - Edit - Ooops! Different corner ... to the right of today's.
  • George FitzPatrick said:
    Reverse view in CAB 8297 there is in view a cycle shop with a Pratt's Motor Spirit sign. So early motoring 1900-1905.

Nutt's Corner - is up the North

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons Yes, where the airport was.
  • Foxglove said:
    Yes the more northerly Mutts started as an USAF base .... and a dog kennel
  • Suck Diesel said:
    St. Brigid’s Hospital
    “The Connaught District Lunatic Asylum at Ballinasloe, which opened its doors in November 1833, initially served counties Galway, Roscommon, Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim, and was established under the Lunacy (Ireland) Act of 1821. It was one of 22 such institutions built between 1810 and 1870. The architect was William Murray, whose design was influenced by the panopticon concept devised by the Utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham. The principle behind this layout was to enable the manager and his staff to occupy a central structure with radiating wings from which they could monitor and administer life within the institution. This arrangement allowed the wings to be viewed from the centre, while access was only possible from one wing to the others by passing through the centre.”

    Isn’t that the same design used in many prisons, which of course this also was?

    Why were there so many of these places back then, and so few today?
    Were they really prisons for the unwanted?

    Creepy.


    More info here

    www.ballinasloe.ie/news/st-brigids-hospital-a-history
  • Suck Diesel said:
    You can enter, but cannot leave

    maps.app.goo.gl/s35px1tQPFU4wR8t9?g_st=ic
  • Suck Diesel said:


    Explore, if you dare

    www.bcd-urbex.com/st-brigids-asylum-ballinasloe-ireland/