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Robert French

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 52 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Here is Robert French the photographer in the 1911 census, in Ashfield Avenue, Ranelagh, with daughters Mary and Annie, and grandson Griffith.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Wow, Ticking the "Show all information" box, I see Children Born: 11, Children Living 8
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley Somehow "Landscape Photographer" doesn't do what he did justice! Do you think Mrs French was dead or away from home on census night?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    A little about him here - z9.invisionfree.com/royaldublinfusiliers/index.php?showto... - Signed on with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in 1883; and subsequently for the 11th Reserve of the RDF in 1915; Regimental No. 1331
  • Niall McAuley said:
    In 1911, French is 69 and a widower. I can't immediately find him, Annie or Mary in the 1901 census.

Lying about on the lines.

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 16 older comments, and then…
  • derangedlemur said:
    The "strange fencing" is presumably rifle racks.
  • derangedlemur said:
    The wooden halls look like prototypes for the new suburban churches of the post-war Dublin suburbs. They could be the inspiration for Donnycarney or Finglas or Whitehall or any of a dozen other optimistically sized eyesores. I'd imagine they're actually mess halls.
  • derangedlemur said:
    Post-1915: There's a bloke in a tin hat.
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Dining Room, Elise Sandes Soldiers Home, Curragh Camp

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Swordscookie said:
    Funnily enough a quieter room than the reading room. The prices are almost certainly in £sd and d's rather than s's in an army mess. These would probably have been snacks and optional extras as the soldiers would have been on rations which they would have eaten in one of the dining rooms in the Curragh Camp. No mention of time NLI or did the clock escape your eagle eye on this occasion??? 14,00 hours I make it? What is the dapper civilian doing in the other ranks coffee room?
  • Stuart said:
    Those prices would be in pence, as in £-s-d. Presumably, the cost of eating in their canteen was subsidised?
  • philip ward said:
    From my days in uniform I remember there was all ways somewhere other ranks could purchase extra food , drinks/tobacoo products etc. after their daily duties,usually subsidised.So I bet those prices are in pence. The 16th July 1916 being a Sunday would explain why these privates are present in the middle of the afternoon.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Swordscookie Did spot the time, but didn't want to inflict my obsession on ye all! :D
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    philip ward Thanks for reminding me about the Sunday thing. I've decided from now on to always add the day of the week to the Date part of each photo's description, and to tag the day as well. (Will have to do some retrofitting!) That way we can all search for photos on here by day as well as date, and who knows, the data could be useful...