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The sky detail is usually removed from these pictures to allow them to be used as postcards, but the quality of work in this picture is very poor. Chect out around the bell tower and along the roofline.

This Eason shot is a lot later (1910ish):

barber pole-- blood and bandage.

sorry beachcomber hadn't spottedyour link explaining barber pole.:-)

Curtis the pawnbroker and his shop are mentioned in the Freeman's (March 2 1894) report of The Meath Murder trial (Warning: contains the word 'bosom')

James Curtis, pawnbroker, Drogheda, deposed that the shirt (produced) was pawned in his establishment by a man who gave the name of Gallagher. He believed the prisoner was the man.

Streetview: goo.gl/maps/TncdK6jHdet

"Rothe House, is a unique Irish 16th century merchant's townhouse complex located in the city of Kilkenny, Ireland. The complex was built by John Rothe Fitz-Piers between 1594–1610 and is made up of three houses, three enclosed courtyards, and a large reconstructed garden with orchard." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothe_House

S. also www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&...

a.k.a the Rothe House from 1600, here at the NIAH

Ooh, what a cool poster! LECTRO-BIOLOGY PHRENOLOGY

Mahony was there in 1911. Boyle, on the other hand, doesn't seem to have been.

May as well have the OSI link: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,616768,911347,7,9

Here is a Streetview, but the nice trees planted in the Square now make getting this angle impossible.

Niall McAuley Well, it looks like we have this one covered. Nobody else seems inclined to add anything.

What about the cars - they should produce a date? Guessing mid 1920s.