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That really is an informative poster ! - Sensational return of Ormonde's Vivograph straight from the front! - Latest on the Boer and China Wars (guns and troops in action)! - HM Queen Victoria in Ireland. - Animated Tableau Paris Exhibition of 1900 etc. Dates: (1900-1901?) Queen Victoria visited Ireland April, 1900 and died 1901. Second Boer War: 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902. The Boxer Rebellion (China): 1900-1902.

The Market Cross: nli: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332286 Another view of the Square: nli: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332294

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The Great God of Google does not know a lot about the Ormonde Vivograph, except for this website about early cinema which reprints an advert about a similar performance in Bo'ness, Scotland in August 1901. Sounds like a sort of music hall live family act with photos ... "1901-08-30","\"MAHATMAS\" IN BO'NESS -- Dr and Mddle S. Ormonde, the \"Mahatmas of the West' and their 'Sunflower Coterie\", with the vivograph, which has lately been creating a furore of excitement in London and Paris, are announced to appear at the Drill Hall, on Wednesday, 4th Sept. The chief attraction of the evening is the vivograph, which shows pictures of the latest scenes of the Boer and China War, depicting guns and troops in actual action. A stirring spectacle of a complete Spanish bull fight is then produced. Following this are the wrestlers, the great prize fight between John Bull and Kruger, and innumerable sensational and amusing animated pictures from other interesting subjects. The entertainment is of a high-class variety nature, and includes brilliant violin selections by Miss Lottie Ormonde. Excellent as all the parts are, the real interest is centred on Doctor and Mdlle Stella Ormonde in their marvellous clairvoyancy. Mdlle. Stella enters into a mesmeric or clairvoyant condition, and then begins the marvellous revelations. The Ormondes undoubtedly present a great entertainment, and we feel sure that they will be welcomed with a crowded house in Bo'ness." From earlycinema.gla.ac.uk/DataTables-1.10.9/scripts/server_pr... , then use 'find on page' for "ormonde".

Just past the town hall (on High Street) I see Waldron and Cunningham

Drumcliffe? goo.gl/maps/h58SKYgmjYn FISA - www.flickr.com/photos/annaprescott/2274099124/ Image is reversed. Is that a monkey half way up?

That's Drumcliffe, but I think the image needs to be reversed - see comparable image here: historicgraves.com/graveyard/st-columba-s-church-ireland-...

Definitely Drumcliffe, as children we were told that when the wisest man in Ireland passed under the tower it would fall on him!

Useful description and history of the two crosses and the round tower - www.megalithicireland.com/HighCross Drumcliffe.html www.megalithicireland.com/DrumcliffeRoundTower.html Ed. Sorry for bad links - I'm having no luck fixing them ... Ed. 2 - Thanks to Sharon whose links are good below VV

beachcomber australia The links seem to be missing ".html" at the end of the urls. Round Tower High Cross

It really is a stunning work of art, look at that detail, brilliant.

It is fantabulous. This is the WEST face - full details of the carvings here - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muiredach's_High_Cross#West-face . It is fascinating and shocking to see how much has eroded in 150 years with the wikipedia hi-res photo - upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Muiredach%27s...

beachcomber australia That's what struck me on the relief of the carving. Think of all the weathering by wind and rain and frost and pollution since this photo was taken 150-ish years ago...

Although it was around eight hundred years old when the photo was taken in the 1860s the cross still looked comparatively new. Just goes to show the pollution that has occurred over the past hundred plus years. Industrial revolution and all that.

corncrake68 Absolutely!