ferrybank

From the shape of that outcrop above, I think we are on the Wooden Bridge looking Northwest. The buildings are mostly the GSW railway: Streetview, GeoHive 25" map

In this earlier Lawrence shot of the station, there is no road on the seaward side, and no room for one: L_CAB_00246

The signal box seems to have survived all the newer roads and buildings ...

Of interest - "François Hennebique (26 April 1842 – 7 March 1921) was a French engineer and self-educated builder who patented his pioneering reinforced-concrete construction system in 1892, integrating separate elements of construction, such as the column and the beam, into a single monolithic element. The Hennebique system was one of the first appearances of the modern reinforced-concrete method of construction. ,,, " From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Hennebique

Flickr is sometimes set in concrete! Via leadfoot2011

Well this tickled my funnybone ... his first wife's maiden name was Page-Turner ! Wiki - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Henry_Barron,_1st_Baronet "Sir Henry Winston Barron, 1st Baronet DL (15 October 1795 – 19 April 1872) was an Irish baronet and politician, who stood at nine different general elections."

beachcomber australia His mother - this is a memorial to the 2nd baronet. This one is in memory of the 1st baronet.

The memorials are both in Ferrybank Church, and there is a fairly long article here explaining the history of the church and the memorials themselves.

Cancel all that - that was his father ! Ed. Thanks Sharon and Niall !

Based on my almost non-existent Spanish, I think that the Marques of Pons was a cousin of the Barrons of Waterford. From the Spainish wiki on the Marquesite of Pons, Manuel Falcó y Escandón's mother was Carlota Maximiliana de Escandón y Barrón, who was a descendent of the Eustace Barron of Mexico mentioned on this plaque.

The Brothers of Charity are still there:

OS 25" at GeoHive.

Streetview

In the streetview, you can see a church . I believe that's where this was taken:

Most of the Brothers standing in their habits in this are just teenagers! Nicely taken group. The chaps in mufti are mirroring the uniformed brothers in hiding their hands up their sleeves. "The Devil makes work for idle hands!!!" and all that

Welcome back from your holiday ... a fascinating 1927 group portrait.

The postures & faces are rewarding, to say the least:

Belmont park hospital was in Ferry bank Waterford the monks are religious brothers of charity founded in Belgium.