killybegs

11 photos tagged killybegs, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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Four Provinces' Carpet...

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 28 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    A sign at the back says 'Donegal Carpets' ...
    "Donegal Carpets is a trademark brand of handmade wool carpets produced in Killybegs, a town in County Donegal, Ireland. Donegal Carpets[1] can be found in Dublin Castle, the Royal Pavilion of Brighton, Eltham Palace, and the U.S. White House as well as many other parts of the world ... ..."

    From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_Carpets
  • beachcomber australia said:
    We flew there on a magic carpet ride previously ...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Another sign, easier to read here - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000737992/ - says 'Donegal Real Hand Crafted Carpets for the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington ... '
    Hmm ?? - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Garden_Hotel
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Donegal Carpets closed in 1987, according to your Wikipedia article, but...
    Local Donegal people petitioned the government to help re-open them in 1997 and in 1999 they were making carpets again for places such as Áras an Uachtaráin, Dublin Castle and the University of Notre Dame.
    HUZZAH!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    [Aside] An earlier 1960s carpet's story - www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/12/27/piece-of-killybegs-...

Judoka by the dozen in Donegal

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    The hall has the look of a school about it?
  • Niall McAuley said:
    In a related shot, NPA TYN1049 you can see that on the wall above the group it says A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Possible badminton court on the floor?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Killybegs Judo Club? www.donegallive.ie/news/home/288268/death-of-albert-kyles...
  • Anne McGinley said:
    Is it the Foresters Hall?

Ready to get her bottom wet!

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! In 2015 via John Murdo 14
  • beachcomber australia said:
    11 June 1975 was a Wednesday ...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    She does not seem to have moved in three years?? Someone will know ... www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:291466/...
  • Suck Diesel said:
    beachcomber australia Probably laid up under the Brexit Temporary Fleet Tie-Up Scheme or some such, like the rest of our fleet. We really sold the family jewels re fishing rights upon joining Euroland, or certain gombeen politicians got well rewarded.
  • Foxglove said:
    My memories of Killybegs... was (sounding like Colonel Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now")... the odour oh the odour ... fish processing on a warm summer day