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Lamps, Masts, and Layabouts

  • 29 older comments, and then…
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Streetview:

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  • Conall said:
    it still looks very much the same today
  • Patrick Bohan said:
    There have been a few advancements since then!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "GASKELL BEERSBRIDGE R"[oad] on the side of the cart ...
    Flowerpots ? It's Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men !
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Something 1885 in the ironwork under the second lamp.
    Earliest date?

The Donkey, The Fiddler and the Sugarloaf

  • 17 older comments, and then…
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Probably a different Tom but he too had a donkey. rushymountain.com/2016/04/30/tom-billy-murphy/
  • Mike Grimes said:
    No, not the same Tom. Here's the guy. One time a man lived in Bray who was a great fiddler. He was called "Tom the Fiddler". He had no legs but he went from house to house in a box which was made for him. It was drawn by a donkey. The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0913, Page 069 Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD. www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5044705/5033303/5139604
  • Wendy: said:
    Mike Grimes great sleuthing!!
  • Mike Grimes said:
    Curate’s Diary continued July & August, 1877 Monday 2nd …. In afternoon went to see Miss Larkin, Lady Monck, Mrs Hobson, Mrs Keegan. Had a chat with Tom the Fiddler…. From: www.powerscourt.glendalough.anglican.org/test/parish-info...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    That condensed script titling again. How about this from 1890 via Trove ? ... " ... Passing through the turnstile, we hear. the sound of music, and, seated in a little box car, drawn by a donkey, is '"Old Tom," the musician of the Dargle, made famous by the description written of him by Canon Wilberforce. While yet a boy he lost the use of his legs, and for 25 years, every day in succession, Tom was at his post by the turnstile. A man of splendid physique; with a broad and handsome countenance, yet having to be lifted, night and morning, to this little conveyance. He speaks Irish fluently, and tells capital stories of his recollections of the nobility from all quarters of the globe. Tom is reported in the "Magazine of Music" as thus concluding a conversation with the celebrated Blackie, who hinted at whiskey during the interview. The fiddler replied, "No, sir; I don't hold by the sentiment ; I am a teetotaller, although called 'Old Tom.' Peer and peasant alike are kind to me. It was Lord Powerscourt who gave me this cart, and his children the donkey. I have a number of kind friends in England and Scotland, too, and when you go back, tell them that if they come over to the Dargle they won't find men with blunderbusses lying in wait for them behind a hedge as used to be commonly reported of Ireland, but all the same not true. Sir. that cock won't fight any more, and if they come to have a chat with 'Old Tom' they are welcome." After hearing him play some Irish reels, we obtain a copy of his music and proceed to Powerscourt Waterfall through the deer park ... ..." See - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65678697?searchTerm=to...

When is a Gaol not a Jail?

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    Home of Lady Betty
    www.askaboutireland.ie
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Suck Diesel What a story!
  • Suck Diesel said:
    [https://flic.kr/p/69hxkN]
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Via Trove more tales of Lady Betty - trove.nla.gov.au
    (1919)
  • Dún Laoghaire Micheál said:
    Roscommon Messenger 22 June 1907

    Madame Louise Grafton and her clever Dramatic and Comedy Company have provided excellent entertainment for well filled houses in the old Church during the past week. "Under Two Flags," "Not Guilty", "The Shadows of a Great City", "The Lady of Lyons", and "The Unknown", were amongst the pieces staged. The performances as a whole were successful, and the staging and general arrangements astonishingly complete. Madame Grafton goes to Castlerea next week where she is sure of a warm welcome.