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According to the Belfast Newsletter, Jubilee day was June 21st

John Spooner Thank you, John. We're surely safe with June 1897 then... Who is your new profile pic?

There is a Salmon on the town crest denoting the river bann

National Library of Ireland on The Commons It's my great-grandfather. Read about him here and here. As a Methodist minister, he changed his 'station' every two years, so he pops up all over the place. Back to Coleraine. The Belfast Newsletter reported on the celebrations in detail, including Coleraine. There are also reports of the extremely lively 'celebrations' in Cork, Limerick and Dublin.

I got very lost trying to find this - GoogleMapsStreetView

And we have a winner! John Spooner John Spooner added a note on the picture over Bonafide Travellers. John, do you never sleep?

Wasn't there a law which prohibited selling of alcoholic beverages on Sundays other than to 'bona fide travellers'? There's an advertisement on the 2nd tram (centre-right) with 'Refreshments on Sundays. Bona fide travellers'

National Library of Ireland on The Commons From time to time. I see that Arabian Nights was on at the Gaiety Theatre

Here's the none-too-complimentary review from Freeman's of May 20th 1890, which refers to Miss Vaudray's be-feathered hat (click for a readable version).

Over market gardens tidy, Taverns for the bona fide

John Spooner Ooh, you're ringing vague bells with me about Dubliners heading out to Wicklow hills on a Sunday to go to public houses.

There's no shame being on a Galway & Salthill Tram, is there? Google Street View

Gerry Ward Wonder if they were off to the Races when they should have been at work? :)

Great old photo. Kenny's Old Galway have a good history of the tramline www.kennys.ie/booktalk/old-galway/galway-and-salthill-tra...

It looks as if it's midday. Could it be the Angelus?

can anyone post a current day shot from the same angle?