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April 11, 1964

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 18 older comments, and then…
  • Colin said:
    No, that looks like Townhall Street to me, where the Wetherspoons pub is these days.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Colin Brilliant, thanks, new Flickr land speed record (under 5 minutes)! I think you're absolutely right - here's the Google Streetview... And I'm just going to change the record in our catalogue now.
  • outgoing way said:
    Is there anywhere on that street that one could get some books?
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I'd say a little further along, looking up High Street to Church Street: maps.google.co.uk/?ll=54.345579,-7.639596&spn=0.00108...
  • Gerry Ward said:
    2009: The buildings haven't changed, but the cars have!
    St Macartin's Cathedral, Enniskillen

Music for eternal rest

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • derangedlemur said:
    To the memory of Dennis McCabe, who doesn't appear to fit on his headstone very well. Maybe it's a music joke - maybe he always held on over the bar line.
  • Frank Fullard said:
    This is wonderful!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    To the memory of Denis M'Cabe, Fidler who fell out of the St Patrick Barge belonging to Sir James Caldwell Bart and Count of Milan, and was drowned off this Point Aug. 15, 1770- 'Beware ye Fidlers of ye Fidler's fate Nor tempt ye deep lest you repent too late You ever have been deemed to water foes Then shun ye lake till it with whiskey flows On firm Land only - Exercise your skill There you may play and safely drink your fill'. D.D.D. J.J. "Originally erected at the point of the Rossbeg peninsula, it was moved a couple of times before being set in its present location at the entrance to Castle Caldwell Country Park." From - www.enniskillencastle.co.uk/collections/mapping-the-colle...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! In 2011 via Hector
  • Suck Diesel said:
    "Sir James had a genuine interest in music but this was not because he had any talent in that direction himself and only because of the pleasure it gave to others. He organized a series of concerts to amuse his friends and he helped organize similar functions in Dublin for the Rotunda Hospital to aid a fund for the charitable purpose of helping the blind poor of Dublin. His own band featured in the Jubilee celebrations which marked the winning of the improvement premiums he gave to the local tenant farmers. It is likely that Major Ridsdale, tutor to his sons composed the Fiddlestone inscription. TO THE MEMORY OF DENIS McCABE FIDLER WHO FELL OUT OF THE ST. PATRICK’S BARGE BELONGING TO SIR JAMES CALDWELL, BART., AND COUNT OF MILAN & WAS DROWNED OFF THIS POINT AUGUST YE 15 1770 BEWARE YE FIDLERS OF YE FIDLERS FATE NOR TEMPT YE DEEP LEAST YE REPENT TOO LATE: YE EVER HAVE BEEN DEEMED TO WATER FOES, THEN SHUN YE LAKE TILL IT WITH WHISKY FLOWS; ON FIRM LAND ONLY EXERCISE YOUR SKILL, THERE YOU MAY PLAY AND DRINK YOUR FILL. D.D.D. J.J. Arthur Young, the English writer on agricultural topics in his famous Tour of Ireland, when leaving Castle Caldwell records taking his leave of the place in a six-oared barge with colours flying and a band of music playing and he also records the exact place where the fiddler was drowned as he journeys up the lake towards Enniskillen: “Eagle Island first salutes us, a woody knole. Others pass in review; among the rest Herring Island, noted for the wreck of a herring-boat, and the drowning of a fiddler, but the boat-men love herrings better than music, and gave their name to the Isle rather than that of the “Son of Apollo”. The island in question lies near the southern shore of Lower Lough Erne near Magho Cliffs but has had its name altered in concept though not in sound by being recorded now as Heron Island and not Herring Island. In relation to the cryptic initials J. B. Doyle records the fiddle stone in 1854 as “stone shaped into the form of a violoncello but he does not mention the letters D.D.D. or J.J. so perhaps this settles an uncharitable argument as to what they mean, e.g. Denis Died Drunk or Denis Died Damned. These letters are most likely an addition by a later and more uncharitable hand." fermanaghastoryin100objects.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/fidd...

Potatoes should be dug without delay

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  • 39 older comments, and then…
  • heady school said:
    Trying but failing to make witty remark about the third policeman. Three identical moustaches though. They could almost be brothers.
  • Skink74 said:
    Seems fairly unchanged: maps.google.com/maps?q=54.315,-7.406&ll=54.314521,-7....
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    [http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelightfilms] The chap on the right has the most luxurious moustache!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Skink74 Wow, it really is unchanged! Even the gabling and the archway are still there...
  • derangedlemur said:
    Ah, police barrackses. They don't make 'em like they used to.