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• British Library 34 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 12 photos & illustrations
• State Library of Queensland 2 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 1 photo / illustration
• Public Record Office of Northern Ireland 1 photo / illustration
• U.S. National Archives 1 photo / illustration
• Nationaal Archief 1 photo / illustration
• Musée McCord Stewart Museum 1 photo / illustration

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Mt. Athos - Simonopetro Convent [i.e., Simonopetra Monastery] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• 4 older comments, and then…
• George Oates said:

  Simonopetra?
  
  In vivid colour:
  
  

• The Library of Congress said:

  Thanks! We'll fix the spelling in the source data and reload the description.

• George Oates said:

  Let me know if you have any vacancies opening up...

• fusion-of-horizons said:

  Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Orthodox Church Architecture, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

• fusion-of-horizons said:

  Thank you very much for adding these 3 wonderful photos to the group! p.s. -the monasteries on Mount Athos are part of the Eastern Orthodox Church not Roman Catholic Church, as suggested by the ""catholic" tag

Basketball? Netball? with the Sisters of Charity

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• Marine Attack Squadron ( VMA ) 225 said:

  Basketball in Ireland ???

• desmondg47 said:

  They used to play netball if that's the same thing? The shot is in Sisters of Charity Convent Lady Lane and Spring Garden Alley Waterford

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  desmondg47 Wondering if you're right about the netball! Might be a faulty description in our catalogue...

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  Checked in the Irish Newspaper Archive and basketball is reported as a functioning sport in Ireland from 1945 onwards... (Volleyball from 1965, and Netball from 1935.)

Not everybody left Skibbereen it seems!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 14 older comments, and then…
• O Mac said:

  "Skibbereen 2624 WL" bottom left corner... ??

• O Mac said:

  "Convent of Mercy Schools Skibbereen." credited to Lawrence. catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000323892

• Niall McAuley said:

  The convent on the 25" map. The building marked School there is still standing, and renovated as offices: streetview Edit: wrong School! See the beachcomber's comment below for the correct one.

• John Spooner said:

  The teaser from the BNA index for Freeman's Journal on 9th October 1893: "LiNEN WEAVING AT THE CONVENT OF MERCY, SKIBBEREEN. It will be in the recollection of our readers that in 1889 the nuns of the Convent of Mercy, Skibbereen, first made the experiment of introducing the art of linen weaving by hand looms into the .."

• O Mac said:

  School was closed 2003. Buildings still there.. R595 maps.app.goo.gl/i2hbR6uhCGp37LUi7