birr
8 photos and 1 illustration tagged birr, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.
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- nationallibraryofireland
- countyoffaly
- ireland
- robertfrench
- williamlawrence
- lawrencephotographicstudio
- glassnegative
- parsonstown
- lawrencephotographcollection
- offaly
- kingscounty
- leinster
- birrcastle
- statue
- williamparsons
- 3rdearlofrosse
- astronomer
- telescope
- leviathanofparsonstown
- cooffaly
- 1894
- peopleidentified
- bldigital
- date1866
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The last upload was July 2024.
The whole population of Birr looked on from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2024
Dictionary of Dublin (and some other places apparently) from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded August 2023
Brrrr – bare feet in Birr from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded June 2021
Out standing in his own field? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2018
Camp, Birr, Co. Offaly from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2017
The Ponte Vecchio, Birr, Co. Offaly from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded July 2017
The Square, Parsonstown (Birr, Co Offaly) from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded December 2015
Leviathan of Parsonstown... from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded January 2013
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Brrrr – bare feet in Birr
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Camp, Birr, Co. Offaly
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John Spooner said:
A local photographer who documented Birr at the turn of the 19th/20th centuries was George Morrison of Cumberland Square, Birr. 21 photos of his are held at the UK National Archives in Kew, including ones with such intriguing and tantalising descriptions as "Photograph of John's Place, Birr. Bread cart opposite Mrs Boner's", "Photograph of John's Place, Birr. Two boys on roadway near Dr Stoneys, No 7 Johns Place, Birr", "Photograph of the coffee bar Leinster depot, Birr barracks" (although the copyright for this one belongs to Edward Morrison). I haven't got a visit to Kew planned, but I'll put them on the list of things to see next time I'm there.
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CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
Is this photo scanned backwards? The original handwriting on the glass plate image is reversed, -or so it seems.
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John Spooner said:
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY It looks the right way round judging from the buttons on the tunic of the soldier scratching his chin near the sentry box.
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beachcomber australia said:
Which was first? catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000317389 - this one, or catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000330910 - another one.
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CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
Is it possible the tents were temporary until barracks and administration building were constructed?
Out standing in his own field?
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Sharon Corbet said:
William Parsons, third Earl of Rosse, John's Place, Birr, County Offaly and yes to answer your questions.
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Sharon Corbet said:
Streetview The NIAH entry dates it to c. 1870 (he died in 1867) and the photo is pre-engraving of his name on the plinth, so it must be shortly after it was erected.
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Sharon Corbet said:
A slightly different view of the statue in the Lawrence Collection, but also lacking engraving so probably taken at a similar time frame.
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Foxglove said:
within NLofI Flickr I think you have a photo listed with the "great telescope",
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Niall McAuley said:
The DIA says it is by John Henry Foley, who also started the O'Connell monument in O'Connell St, did Fr. Matthew in Cork, Goldsmith and Burke in Trinity, Prince Albert on Leinster Lawn, Carlisle and Gough in the Phoenix Park, a Guinness at St. Patrick's Cathedral, and Grattan on College Green. I think we have seen all of those in the nli Flickr stream!