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The pier has been extended since the photo, and the steps shown here replaced. The 1902 map (OS-8-1-1-2 at the OSNI historical site) shows the pier as in the photo, the photographer would have been right at the tip. The Pier is not changed on the 1920 map, so no help in dating this one... .

Ardglass grew from a place of little note in the 13th century to a modestly prosperous port in the 15th century.It was an important town and port in the Middle Ages, but no harbour works seem to have been constructed until after 1812. Then William Ogilvie, who had acquired the Ardglass estate, had a harbour built. Further extensions to the pier and a lighthouse were made, but in 1838 a great storm undermined the lighthouse which fell into the sea along with the end of the pier. Work on the piers was completed by 1885 and they remain in use to this day.

Niall McAuley Niall, my plug-in for that map is misbehaving. Could I trouble you for a Street View?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Carol with your super duper resolution, can you please check the time on the sundial.

Online Exhibition UCD www.ucd.ie/archives/html/exhibit2.htm The Fishing Industry, Ardglass, Co. Down 'Ardglass, Co. Down. 1911. Fishing Industry. Local sailing fleet being displaced by English steam drifters which land and sell their catch, and get back to the fishing banks before the sailing boats reach the market. As a result of our visit some of the fishermen have obtained loans from the Department to equip their boats with motors. It is interesting that we see both Steam and sail in this photo.

The Castle is, of course, still there: Streetview

The Black Bull is still at Number 12!

The Grassmarket

The Grassmarket site says: With a drinks license thought to have existed since it was a 16th Century coaching inn, the present building replaced The Beehive Hotel in the 1860's. A close look at streetview gives a date of 1868 for the building which replaced numbers 18 and 20.

Niall McAuley So 1863-1868 then? Brilliant narrowing down...

Well, sure how about a spot of streetview to start us off? maps.google.ie/maps?q=Dillon+Street,+South+Tipperary,+Tip...

The shops and pub are all just houses now.

From Wikipedia: In 1888-9, tenants of the local landlord, Arthur Smith Barry, withheld their rents in solidarity with his tenants in Co Cork. They were evicted and, under the direction of Fr. David Humphreys[8][9] and William O'Brien, decided to build a new town on land outside his control. The area now known Dillon Street and Emmet Street in Tipperary town was the centre of this development and was built by local labour but with funds raised in Australia and the United States. The high point was 12 April 1890, when a row of shops called the William O'Brien Arcade was opened, providing shops for some of the business people who had been evicted from the centre of the town. Eventually, compromise was reached and the tenants returned to the 'Old Tipperary'

Presumably the William O'Brien Arcade is the row of shops at the end. I'd guess from the road-laying activities on that this would be about 1890.

OSI: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,588641,635823,7,9