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Tractor engine, Athy, Co. Kildare

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 32 older comments, and then…
  • derangedlemur said:
    A Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, it says on it.
  • derangedlemur said:
    Not headed for the Steam Rally, anyway; that only started in 1965.
  • Carol Maddock said:
    It was me suggested it! I love a good tractor. You can take the girl out of Waterford, but not Waterford out of the girl... :)
  • DannyM8 said:
    derangedlemur The steam rally was my first thought.
  • DannyM8 said:
    From the Beamish Museum on Flickr Ransomes Sims & Jefferies 6NHP traction engine ‘Northern Star’

Maximus's Aula

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    “ McMahon Hall, commonly known as Aula Maxima, is a nineteenth century theatre building located on Maynooth University’s southern campus.

    A seminarian attached to St. Patrick’s College was working at the theatre in the 1940s, when he fell to his death from the projectionists box. His ghost is said to haunt the venue to this day, and some claim that he has a way of showing his approval (or disapproval) of productions taking place at the historic venue. A projectionists chair is said to turn away from the stage if he does not like what he is seeing!”

    spiritedisle.ie/explore-listing/aula-maxima/
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel Oooh, starting early with the spooky stories, thank you.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    With additions (spot the original building) in 2011
    via Student Programs
  • Niall McAuley said:
    "Unsympathetically extended" c1940, says the NIAH www.buildingsofireland.ie/
  • beachcomber australia said:
    When Monkey Morgan swung by in July 1955 the pointy roof and buttresses were there, but not the fugly bit (lavatories?!) on the front - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000734871

The rocky road to nowhere?

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  • 16 older comments, and then…
  • John Spooner said:
    Above each door MQ No. 14, 16 etc presumably Married Quarters.
  • John Spooner said:
    "Two foreigners found sketching outside the Royal Field Artillery Barracks have been arrested at Kildare and are still in custody" (Belfast Telegraph - Monday 10 August 1914). Not the only people to be arrested that week for 'acting suspiciously with an odd accent'.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    One of the few bits of the barracks still standing: Magee Terrace on Streetview The NIAH lets us down today, no dates.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The British Army were there from 1900 to 1922, according to this book review. Includes fascinating snippets about water, sanitation, and electricity - www.theirishstory.com/2014/09/01/book-review-kildare-barr...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    More history of what later became Magee Barracks - www.abandonedireland.com/Magee_Barracks.html