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Oh to be a sailor?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 10 older comments, and then…
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    The boat is the Ovoca built in 1908 in Arklow, later fishing out of Balbriggan.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Scenery looks pretty rugged - further West than Arklow, I'd say. I note a coastguard station with flagstaff.
  • Rory Sherlock said:
    Taken at Castletownbere I'd say - This part of the harbour is now filled in, but that's the Workhouse in the background and the profile of the hill matches the modern Streetview www.google.ie/maps/@51.6508038,-9.9102059,3a,75y,80.01h,8...
  • Rory Sherlock said:
    The Coastguard station in the photo wasn't there when the 25" Ordnance Survey map was created, so that may provide some dating evidence. The NIAH suggest it was built circa 1910, so this photo must be later. www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&...
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    There's some more info on the Ovoca at the bottom of the page here, as well as some photos of it later in Balbriggan harbour.

Amerikkay over the way

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Previously, L_ROY_1461:
    Looking out at Look Out!
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Teelin Coastguard station which was built in 1871 and replaced an earlier coastguard station on the site that was apparently in existence in the early 1820s Yes, the DIA confirms 1871.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Ruins of the station from the other side in Streetview.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Sometimes Flickr is amazing! In December 2020 via Institute of Study Abroad Ireland Edit - from a wonderful Teelin album - flic.kr/s/aHsmTtD4R4
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Slightly less ruined in 1962 from the Tynan Collection

Ship shape and Bristol Shape in Ballygalley, not Ballygawley!

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The Kingdom in all its glory!

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  • domenico milella said:
    Congratulation for your beautiful Album.
  • B-59 said:
    Farrannakilla House, visible to the right: Streetview OSI 25"
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    St Mary's church is in the NIAH but doesn't help much, as it was built 1862-65.
  • B-59 said:
    The railway opened in 1891. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tralee_and_Dingle_Light_Railway
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    There was an archaeological impact assessment which has a comparison between this photo and an earlier one taken in 1891. This photo was assumed to be c. 1900.