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54-56 Townsend Street, Dublin.

“…James established a mineral company at 54 to 56 Townsend
Street, Dublin circa 1867. He was Protestant Nationalist in favour of Home Rule and a campaigner for
Parnell. He was elected town councillor for the Trinity ward in 1883, deputy chairman of the Public
Health Committee in 1888, High Sheriff in 1891 and Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1893. The unveiling of the
Father Mathew statue sculpted Mary Redmond was one of his first public duties. Top sellers for the
company in 1892 were Shanks Hop bitters and Shanks Orange Champagne. He was a JP for County
Dublin and managing director of James Shanks and Co Ltd. He was a major shareholder, managing
director and licensee of the Grand International Hotel at Bray. The licence was transferred to Frank
Bethell in 1904. He was CEO of the International exhibition at Herbert Park in 1907. The company
became Walter Brights Ltd circa 1909 and a winding up the business of J Shanks and Co was issued in
1910..”

www.youwho.ie/shanks.html

Which gives a rather broad date range of 1883 - 1910

Suck Diesel The date range is a start.

Suck Diesel I could do with a glass of the Shanks Hop bitters at the moment!

The man himself in 1901.

Justice of Peace for County of Dublin Managing Director Shanks and Co Ltd Mineral Worker Makers Dublin and Grand International Stoke Live Bray

Some transcription issues there?

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In 1901 the then Lord Mayor of Cork, Edward Fitzgerald, proposed that Cork should stage an international industrial exhibition in 1902. The proposal was enthusiastically received by all sections of Cork society and planning for the exhibition soon began. The site chosen was an area of parkland between the Cork County Cricket Grounds and Wellington Bridge, now renamed Thomas Davis Bridge. The plans for the exhibition were extraordinarily imaginative and ambitious. It promised to be by far the most spectacular exhibition ever hosted in Cork

It opened on 1 May 1902 amid scenes of celebration and enthusiasm. Its success surpassed all expectations, attracting visitors from all over Ireland, Europe and beyond. After it officially closed on 1 November 1902, it was decided to stage a similar exhibition in 1903. The 1903 exhibition repeated the success of its predecessor and was graced by a visit from Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.

The Cork International Exhibition of 1902 – 1903 finally closed on 31 October 1903

Exhibitions included a Canadian pavilion, art gallery, machinery hall and industrial hall. Entertainments included a water chute, a skating rink, switchback railway, temperance resaturant , a creamery, shooting gallery and an aquarium.

13:22 with long afternoon shadows. Possibly December? But which year?!

Previously (Golly - 11 years ago!)

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The DBC is now open. The streetlights are still the tall globe ones. Early 1900s. Construction underway beside Clerys - the DIA says:

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET LOWER, NO. 021-27 (CLERY & CO & IMPERIAL HOTEL)
Date: 1902
Nature: Enlargement of premises, comprising reconstruction of Imperial Hotel (Nos. 21 & 22) lately purchased by Clery & Co. Wrought iron canopy over main entrance of hotel with name 'cleverly interwoven', by Fagan & Son

Clerys here has 9 urns on the parapet, if you megazoom this 1910-16 Eason, you can see the parapet has been extended the length of the Imperial Hotel:

There's a huge poster in the window of John Wallis & Sons for the Cork Exhibition. Could it have been this Exhibition in 1902/1903?

early film of the exhibition: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jWQtm5SVrA

GoogleVanTootle - goo.gl/maps/vM7J2 . Or if you're beginning to feel a lot like Christmas - goo.gl/maps/Jif5D

Curiously the Cork Examiner retrospective "Picture That" makes no mention of the 1902 exhibition but does mention the huge popularity of the 1889 exhibition

Red herring - the Google van Tootles INTO the building behind - beware, it's difficult to find the way out! - goo.gl/maps/oO7Vm

GeoHive OS 25" from 1899