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I can see what you mean NLI, it does have a very Dickensian feel to it. What we of the 21st century need to remember is that there was very little change in the mode of dress, means of transport and building methods between the end of the 17th and beginning of the 20th centuries. The first supermarkets were opened in my lifetime and shopping malls and superstores are really a recent innovation. It is an excellent shot and very atmospheric!!

Swordscookie I'd agree, this pic is certainly pre-1900. Also, notice the cast-iron water pump in the foreground, of the type still seen around the country today. I like the gas lamp on the house corner too. Here's a view of the same location (approx) on Google Street-View maps.google.com/maps?q=Arundel+Square,+Waterford,+Ireland... All the building seen on the right have gone. Stuart.

Arundel Gate and castle was in the laneway on the extreme right in the picture.

Apologies, Arundel Lane is on the left

desmondg47 No problem at all, and very good of you to come back and revisit your information on this one ...

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"Assuming an Irish name was not unusual in that era of boxing; there were Jewish fighters with Irish names too; and Jim Flynn, the only man who ever knocked out Jack Dempsey, was actually named Andrea Chiariglione. One reason for the name changes is that there were not enough Irish fighters to satisfy the large number of Irish fans." -- Pete Hamill, "Why Sinatra Matters" (Boston: Little, Brown, 1998), p. 58.

A search for 'Lefty Flynn' in the NYT archive yields some interesting tidbits. Maurice Bennett Flynn, a Yale football player (fullback in the 1912 team) married a chorus girl in January 1913, and separated a few days later. He was divorced by her 6 months later. However, it appears that the damage to his Yale career was done; he was not allowed to return after his marriage to the chorus girl. So presumably this photo was taken in late 1912, since his debut was in October 1912. In the 1920s he became an actor in silent movies. See www.imdb.com/name/nm0283555/ He died in 1959 -- after several more marriages.