kilkee

Looks like this is all that's left of it: maps.google.ie/maps?q=Kilkee&hl=en&ll=52.680363,-...

It looks so much nicer on the 25" than in streetview. maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,488155,660047,7,9 It's all castles (site of, in gothic script) and Moore's Hotel and what have you. You can't tell that it's just a briar patch and a dingy windswept boarding house.

derangedlemur Everything always looks nicer on the 25"!

Carol, so right. That poor neglected donkey, not that that ignorant peasant woman would know any different! People like her get to me.

I can't imagine the genteel folk riding on that (unfortunately) tatty beast. Given the chains and harness, does it seem more likely that the unfortunate work-horsedonkey was used to move the bathing machines to and fro?

Kilkee has hardly changed over the years, the line and layout of most of the buildings is still the same,


Dohertys Terrace is on the right while the houses on the left side of the street are in Geraldine Place

Any shots of the Stella Maris in your Clare set, Ray?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons No but the next time im there i will get one!

There is lots of old pictures of Kilkee at the Clare County Library

In this series to date I would think it is fair to say that the original photographs are much better than their latter day cousins. I suppose this could be down to the professionalism of the photographers?, but I feel that the latter day men and women had to deal with a much more cluttered and busy Ireland. For instance the motor cars and the telegraph pole in particular ruin this photograph. Also notice that there has beed extensive rebuilding to the main part of the premises, the chimneys and roof seem to be new as are the bay windows.

Land? League House on right

Streetview of what is now O'Curry Street.

Fashions suggest after 1900 to me.

catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000339328 Reverse view with donkey and little box cart. Same type of one above with rear door open side walls of box look thick. Insulated ? Pavement looks to be wet beside it. Delivering ice ? There is also a few posters in left hand window of the Clare Bar.

Why don't trees grow in Killkee?