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"When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence." Deuteronomy 22:8. So I say it is a railing.

Michiel2005 And I certainly wouldn't argue with someone quoting from Deuteronomy this early in the day!

I think it is a widow's walk - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widow's_walk

beachcomber australia Don't know that we had so many of them in Ireland, but if so, that would put this near the sea...

National Library of Ireland on The Commons I was thinking that ... and south-facing. The building on the right looks more like a court house than a railway station.

many moustaches! -- Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)

joe crowley Obviously the rebel of the bunch!

National Library of Ireland on The Commons ...or he got banished to the back row! haha

From this article For their impact on the character of trade unionism, the most important state interventions were those on the railway and in agriculture. Under severe rank and file pressure, the London-based National Union of Railwaymen (NUR) sanctioned a national strike in Ireland in December 1916. As private interests would not meet the pay demand, the government stepped in to keep the war effort running smoothly, took control of Ireland's thirty two railway companies, and awarded a substantial war bonus. Over the next nine months the NUR's Irish affiliation rocketed from 5,000 to 17,000 members. It was a victory for the rank and file over the union’s London executive, as well as for the union over the railway companies. In 1917 NUR men launched the monthly journal New Way and developed the most articulate rank and file movement in Ireland during these years. The same article mentions James 'Big Jim' Larkin (and his hat and droopy moustache), but according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Larkin he was in the USA between 1914 and 1923.

British Library, Colindale Newspaper Library "The New Way" Dublin 1917, Irish Railway Review The organ of railway workers and railway users in Ireland. Microfilm: Oct.1917 explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt...

We have used the presence or absence of tram horses to date many a photo over the years. Today can we focus a little on the working conditions for tram horses back then. We have seen photos of tramway buildings and power stations, but I do not think we have ever seen a Tramway stables or other infrastructure associated with the horses.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons That’s Belfast Central Library on right, built 1888

Opened Thursday 3/02/1887 according to -

"In the 1880’s, two Belfast residents, Paul Hazeltine and Nathanial Wilson, left to the city of Belfast, funds for the establishment of a library and for use in educational endeavors. Those bequests were combined and on February 3, 1887, the Maine State Legislature established the Belfast Free Library. ..."
From - belfastlibrary.org/mission-and-history/

Also - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast_Central_Library

The trams were electrified in 1905, so date range 1888 to 1904

Suck Diesel Excellent, I will update.