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Can't say much about the track but this is from wonderful Wikipedia: The Rumble in the Jungle was a historic boxing event in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) on October 30, 1974 (at 4:00 am). Held at the 20th of May Stadium (now the Stade Tata Raphaël), it pitted the undefeated world heavyweight champion George Foreman against challenger Muhammad Ali, a former heavyweight champion; the attendance was 60,000. Ali won by knockout, putting Foreman down just before the end of the eighth round. It has been called "arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century". It was a major upset victory, with Ali coming in as a 4–1 underdog against the unbeaten, heavy-hitting Foreman. The fight is famous for Ali's introduction of the rope-a-dope tactic.

Close to this location.

"Kiltimagh railway station ... was closed to passenger traffic in 1963, with goods traffic ending in 1975." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiltimagh_railway_station PS: According to www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf, goods closure was on 17.06.1963, whereas www.museumsofmayo.com/Kiltimagh1.htm indicates that the last goods train passed through the Station in 1979. PPS: From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Railway_Corridor: "Passenger services between Claremorris and Collooney ended in 1963, with the section being closed completely in 1975."

OSI 25"

The Other Burma Road www.westontrack.com/history01.htm

Amazing!!!

Mr French / Lawrence was here later also, for comparison - it was a busy day but still not many females - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000317427 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000330917 And a reverse view - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332712

Flickr is sometimes amazing! Later (the thatched house on the right has acquired another floor) via MGHCHILLI

Streetview

You can see the class division in action, the gentlemen are on the pavements and the two labourers stand in the gutter.

Photo from 2008: www.flickr.com/photos/cianginty/2482397256/

A little history - " ... Over 100 years ago, this historic building was a busy centre of enterprise exporting 40,000 salmon to Scotland annually. Throughout those guaranteed (pre-global warming) freezing winter days farmers from all over the area would pack tons of snow onto their horses and carts and draw them down in convoy to the Ice House. The ice would then be pushed down through an opening in the ground floor to the basement – at river level – which was known as Iceland. The aperture has been maintained in the renovated building and now looks down into the atmospheric restaurant. Overlooking the River Moy and its meandering and breathtaking estuary, the Ice House was built almost a decade before the Great Famine, in 1836, as the home of the fishery managers. It was composed of the living quarters, an ice store, workshop and boathouse for the fishery boats. ... " From - www.mayonews.ie/archive/3-news-features/3241-ice-house

Exporting salmon to Scotland sounds a bit coals to Newcastle.

NIAH 6" link shows Salmon Fishery Ice Ho.

From the NIAH link, this is after 1868: A house reconstructed by Mary Anne Lowther Little (d. 1868) widely accepted as a particularly important component of the domestic built heritage of the outskirts of Ballina with the architectural value of the composition, one retaining the vaulted footings of a "Salmon Fishery Ice House" marked on the first edition of the Ordnance Survey (surveyed 1838; published 1839), confirmed by such attributes as the compact plan form centred on a somewhat featureless doorcase; the uniform or near-uniform proportions of the openings on each floor with those openings showing pretty cast-iron balconettes; and the miniature gablets embellishing a high pitched oversailing roofline.