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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.

There's vast numbers of boaters being worn. Was that the style of the day or is there some boater related event on (Provost's garden party or something)?

An electric tram and a horse-drawn tram should help with the dating. I believe electrification started in 1896 and was complete by 1901. But when did the last horse trams stop?

I spy at least two top hats. One on a gent just passing the Trinity front gate, and another on a man about to leave frame on left.

There's a bicycle in the modern (post 1890) style on the left in front of the Bank of Ireland. It's a bit blurred but it has two wheels the same size, a trapezoid frame and a chain driven rear wheel.

Dublin Trams: This was completed in four years and when the last horse tram ran on the Bath Avenue line in January 1901, the Dublin area had about 66 electric route miles, of which nearly 50 were owned by the DUTC.

well ... the shadow is almost under the bodies so ... I'd say the time here is noon... I leave the clothing to you all ! Seems it was a bit of a windy day (observing the flags on buildings).

Well, sure we may as well have the streetview: maps.google.ie/?ll=53.339816,-6.260855&spn=0.000026,0...

Is the tram horse drawn or is it just running someone over? I don't see any wires but there's a couple of legs up the front. edit: "Discussions towards electrification began in late 1890", so it's definitely a horse.

I assume it's at the top of Grafton Street. There wouldn't be any business for the sidecars at any other corner of the green.

None of the park's corners has a rounded fence today. Also the cobbled surface and the tramways have long been gone. Ironically, there are as many carts and horses in the picture as there are nowadays. Some things never change :)