kildare

Above each door MQ No. 14, 16 etc presumably Married Quarters.

"Two foreigners found sketching outside the Royal Field Artillery Barracks have been arrested at Kildare and are still in custody" (Belfast Telegraph - Monday 10 August 1914). Not the only people to be arrested that week for 'acting suspiciously with an odd accent'.

One of the few bits of the barracks still standing: Magee Terrace on Streetview The NIAH lets us down today, no dates.

The British Army were there from 1900 to 1922, according to this book review. Includes fascinating snippets about water, sanitation, and electricity - www.theirishstory.com/2014/09/01/book-review-kildare-barr...

More history of what later became Magee Barracks - www.abandonedireland.com/Magee_Barracks.html

The Dog is in control!

Streetview - goo.gl/maps/8XNJFjvXa49bmWHp7

yes, working dog ! instead of, as happens in many of the catalogue, people just standing around or leaning against walls. This could suggest to others that Irish people are a bit on the easy side . I am going to show this image around to see if any former colleagues can hint on the sheep breed. Danny , be reassured the sheep will never be in control 🐐 but goats will

The ladies outfit suggests later in the date range.

Niall McAuley ... as do the enormous telegraph poles! I thought the lady was one-legged until I megazoomed her! There are a number of Eason and Lawrence photos of this street, and I think they can be organised chronologically by the number of cross-beams on the telegraph poles. BUT ... there is another Eason photo of further down the street which has a Ford Model T (photographer's?) and lower poles with less cross-beams, implying earlier than today's photo. Mr "Eason" must have gone to Newbridge twice ... catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000558240 EDIT - we were there previously; see comments ...

We have found a new photo detective! Maeve Burke reports "The woman in the front is my Nanna Elizabeth "Lizzie" Furey Hanafin (niece of the late, great Ted Furey). This was taken when she was 17 and only 2 years before she got married to my Granda who cannot believe how popular this picture has become and how famous his Lizzie is! She passed away 4 years ago but I can tell you she would've loved making the front page of The Irish Times today nevermind being in an exhibition in Dublin! She'd have every copy in the country bought & be up at the exhibition herself! She was a great storyteller, a tough-cookie and well known and respected in Kerry. Her and my Granda bought a chipvan and went all over Ireland to festivals and fairs making friends wherever they went. She told me and my sister lots of stories about when she was travelling with her mother Dolly Furey, who would play the accordion for money and all the hardships they faced, especially during the cold winters in the wagon. We're lucky too that she taught my mother and us the Gammon (which would've been her first language) and passed on many great traveller traditions and crafts like crocheting, sewing, singing, lilting and storytelling. She really was an amazing woman and this is a picture our family will treasure forever. Thank you so much to everyone who commented on this, she would've been over the moon!"

More from the exhibition ‘Photo Detectives’ exhibition reveals striking images of Irish life - Irish Times online

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Wonderful! Meanwhile, in Kildare, the Hill of Allen on the GeoHive OSI 25" map. Much of the Hill has been quarried away since the 25" was surveyed, see Google aerial view.

The Tower still stands, this Flickr pic from 2015:

At the DIA: Date: 1859-1863 Nature: 60 ft. high tower designed by Sir G.G. Aylmer for himself. Edenderry limestone with Ballyknockan granite copings and battlements. Formerly had a glass lantern on top. Names of masons carved on steps. Names include 'Gorry Bros., master masons' on top floor.