irishinternationalexhibition

nice shot, liked it congrats..

Wikipedia has an article on the Exhibition.

One assumes the Pavillion was deliberately constructed to be temporary - an external fabric like a film set but with no underlying structural integrity. A tradition carried-on in the city in many of its subsequent apartment buildings.

The DIA has a couple of relevant entries, most relevant: Name: KAYE-PARRY & ROSS Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HERBERT PARK, INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION Date: 1905-07 Nature: Consulting architects. Design 'Renaissance style' exhibition building (domed octagon with 4 radiating limbs of equal ength)l. Builder: Humphreys, London. Cost of buildings and grounds 'upwards of £100,000'.

The OSI 25" map claims to have been surveyed in 1907, but Herbert Park is missing its pond and bandstand, so I think it shows the pre-exhibition park.

Extract from the Manufacturer's Report. We made a large quantity of China from the Clay. The Clay came to us with all its impurities. It was washed and the Mica taken from it and used without any of the careful processes of preparation to which our English Clays are subjected. Taking this fact into account, the results were surprisingly good. We see no reason why Clay Works should not be erected in Ireland as we are confident that the Clay is of considerable value. Note: Josiah Wedgwood the great Potter in giving evidence before the House of Commons stated that the English Potters obtained their Clay from Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and the Irish Coast

Lovely pots but was Mason showing off Wedgewood pottery or some Irish version???

This seems to suggest that this is not so much a display of pottery as a proof that potters clay could be produced in Ireland.

Per Niall McAuley, looks like Irish stuff to me - seemingly produced/offered as "proof of concept". The jar and long stemmed item in the centre seem to have Irish language text on them. The jar has:

[...] i ndiad(h) bid(h) is le bea[...]

Irish International Exhibition 1907 ?

The entrance to the 1907 Irish International Exhibition, Ballsbridge. See archiseek.com/2012/1907-irish-international-exhibition-du... for a better copy of same image. Built on 52 acres that Lord Pembroke had promised to the Pembroke District Council for a public park, lying between the River Dodder, Morehampton Road and Clyde Road. The site later became Herbert Park. All that remains of the exhibition is the pond which was part of the water slide and one of the two bandstands, the other going to Bray.

Suck Diesel My first instinct was Harcourt Street as well but that arch, which looks so elegant, is all wrong! Morning Mary will have to make adjustments.

Swordscookie Looks like some palace from the days of the Raj, except for the heavy overcoats. There are much better versions of this image on internet than this one.

There's some info on Reckitt's Blue here.

Happy Christmas to all.