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There seems to be no convenient streetview / riverview, so here is Google Maps 3D. I think Mr O'Connor was near that footbridge ...
www.google.com/maps/@51.8960997,-8.473747,33a,35y,243.38h...

Gorgeous!

The view from the bridge in the photo. I wonder what the footbridge looked like back then.

maps.app.goo.gl/5r1tEUWQMpzd5LD26?g_st=ac

That row of shops with named proprietors may help date it, on Sullivan's Quay. No D. Foley or Foley Bootmaker in the 1921 Guy's. No John Shea either, either. Nor in 1935.

Ah, they are all in the 1897.

Dominick Foley, Bootmaker
Michael McCarthy, Shopkr
John Shea, Shopkeeper
J Anderson, Shopkeeper

By 1903, Shea is gone and #28 is Edward Phillon

So right at the start of the date range.

Back in 1891, McCarthy, Shea and Anderson are all here, but Foley's is Jordan J, Hairdresser

Jordan is still there in 1893.

Approx Streetview: goo.gl/maps/FvNHvNsYmbtLeGyv9

Link to Megazoom not working for me - maybe this will be of use: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000299670

Mr French / Lawrence caught an earlier train !! - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000317655

None of the commecial signs - Gilbey's, Murphy's, Fry's Chocolate give any clear indications for dating.

Okay - I think a fair case could be made for a post-1901 dating. Dromdaleague (sic) & Dromdaleague Town are both found in the Bredagh Electoral District in the 1901 and 1911 Censuses respectively. Have a look at the first page of the building returns for each census - 1901: www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000587781/ 1911: www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai002012724/ Now, Samuel Kingston's pub is found at House 7 in both returns, so I'm confident that we're dealing with roughly the same part of town. However, in 1901, there's no trace of (Richard) Kingston's Hotel with 21 windows in front. Indeed, having searched the other pages of the 1901 census's building return, I can't find trace of any hotel of that size in Drimoleague. So I suspect that the hotel was built post-1901.

Streetview: goo.gl/maps/nz11htPq2n3heGEU8. The tennis courts are still there.

There's umpires on every court, so it's presumably a genuine competition of some sort. It looks like mixed doubles.

Glens in the news Vol 1 No 9 June 1932 Arrangements are already well in hand for the famous annual Tennis Tournaments at Ballycastle, to commence on Monday, July 11th. The beautiful grounds of the local tennis club will be the venue of the Irish Close Tennis Championships, which are being played for the first time in the North, and will be held during the same week. It is anticipated that all the Irish Davis Cup players will compete, including C.L. Rodgers, who recently gave F. J, Perry, the British Wimbledon hope, a gruelling match. The annual athletic and aquatic festival will also be up to the usual high standard. www.ballycastlehistory.com/glens-in-the-news-ballycastle-...

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