furstoles

Spats were in fashion!

Patrick Castelli For ladies as well as gentlemen...

Two things which strike me: 1. The longing look of the young lady 2nd from right 2. The contrasting expressions of the lads sitting cross-legged A lovely photo.

John Spooner Who do you think she's looking at? The chap next to her, or someone out of shot?

Don't think I've ever seen so many dead animals round people's necks in a single photo before!

ah...what a portrait...I am always amazed by the quality of such a photographs. beautiful!

I admire the costumes from the beginning of the 19th century !

The animal rights people would have a field day, loads of tail-less pheasants, ostriches, birds of paradise and blackcocks to adorn the hats, minks, ermines, foxes and beavers rendered naked to warm their necks and good calfskin leather for those soft bootees! Having said that this is an excellent shot, very well composed with just the one lady excised from the group (probably too much of a gossip). I'd say there was a lot of jockeying for position in that group????

Swordscookie Oh, absolutely! And I take your point about our feathered and four-legged friends. I was nearly going to add this one to our animal set: 4 Legs Good, 2 Legs Bad...

A number of the ladies are sporting AOH badges. Large groups in a small studio are all ways challenging but to also add large hats!.Mr Poole I salute you sir!.

There is a house called Kilgainy near Clonmel on the 25" map, but it does not match what we see here. It is gone today.

Some lovely hattage there for our La Belle Province!

24 February 1922 was a Friday ...

Here is the death record of Cornelius Phelan of Kilgainey: civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/death.... He died in 1949 aged 73. That gives him a birth year of about 1876, making him about 46 in 1922. Haven’t found a plausible marriage record yet for any Phelan in that part of the country.

Okay - a few more leads 04/01/1918 - Freemans Journal lists sale of land (at Kilganey & Croan) & a 'beautiful residence' to Mr Con Phelan. Munster Express 19/10/1928 - Acttion by Waterford Board of Health against Mr Phelan of Kilganey for failure to register under 'Cowsheds & Dairy Act.' Irish Press 23/06/1945 - Andrew James Phelan, 1st son of Cornelius Phelan of Kilganey House, called to the bar in Dublin. (How old would that make the first son? Is it consistent with a 1922 marriage?) 1963 Law Directory has him based in London. Irish Press 26/05/1949 reports the closure of the Factory and Showrooms of Phelan & Company, South Brown Street, for a day on account of the death of our Cornelius Phelan (death record above) who was a director of the company. The firm (per Thom's 1937) was listed as 'furniture, wire mattress, curled hair, and bedding manufacturers' and gave the proprietor as MF Phelan of Ailesbury Road.