fishcuring

This is a feast for the eyes with all that is going on here! The sorting by the men and women closest to the camera, under the eye of the overseer, is clearly dried fish. The barrels are so numerous it has to have been a large fishing port. Off in the distance a hulk seems to be beached on the far shore of the river/inlet! Terrific image.

Valentia according to this photo. "Barrels of pickled mackerel at the Slate Yard, Knightsown, awaiting shipment to the United States at the turn of the century". is the description underneath.

Swordscookie Dried or smoked?

See this General view of the harbour at Knight's town, i can't see where this fits at all.

Niall McAuley Looking at the map, (maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,442629,577319,12,9), you can't get the googlemobile into the right spot. It's the other side of the Royal Pier Bar. (Also, it's not like you not to be reaching straight for the 25" - was it broken earlier?)

Valentia Island is in the background and a bridge was opened between Portmagee and Valentia in 1971. Valentia in the title seems a little misleading. Everybody knows each other in both places; but one wouldn't want to persuade them that they are one and the same.

Mossy Carey One certainly would not! Title changed now, and I'll try to remember to change it in our catalogue too. Again, that was from the original Lawrence information.

Could this group of well-dressed people be from the Congested Districts Board as Niall McAuley suggests? I was wondering that myself, but am unsure about the involvement of women... It would be a fantastic capture of CDB people in action. But they may just be tourists.

Interesting group watching the work, obviously visitors to the island. I took a look for photos of the actual CDB members, and there are a few in the nli archive, but they look maler and moustachier than this group:

flic.kr/p/4kiVY5 on flickr 2007

What a superb image! Never seen so many wooden barrels in one place
(nearly said 'plaice'!)!

Niall McAuley Yes, and there's a distinct lack of moustachiness in this group. Just one fine example of beardiness...

Nice! Will you be pretending to be a pirate? :) Went there a few years ago on the recommendation by the Saw Docs... a line in the song mentions skinny dipping. Well I dipped my big toe into that water and it dropped off through cold and sheer fright. No skinny dipping for me! Apart from the barrels and the clothes, it looks the same!

Didn't we have a companion piece to this a few months back? Lovely photo. That scene in the background between the harbour walls is like something out of a Constable painting.

Sue Parry Always pretend to be a pirate would be my Modus Operandi! Will have to try to get a shot from the same angle... :)

Fabulous old image. I'm officially jealous!

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelightfilms] We did indeed! This is it.