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Harbour, Liscanor, Co.Clare

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • Galway Pete said:
    Great point of view. a fine image.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Love the upturned boats - always make me think of a sleek pod of whales (small!) sleeping on the shingle...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Streetview does not get very close to the same spot...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley Thanks Niall.
  • O Mac said:
    The same image appears on a Gallaher cigarette card #475 from 1910. The schooner is the Rhoda from Coleraine as seen here. There is an nameplate of a "G.A Watson and Co. Ltd" on one of the wagons. G.A.Watson was a stone merchant based in Liverpool. According to here the company was incorporated in 1900, in financial difficulties by 1906, in the hands of a receiver in 1908 and dissolved in 1911. Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland report for 1905-06 show harbour works were ongoing in 1904. (They are only proposals prior to 1904.) The following year's report (1906-07) mentions " the works are finished except for some rock excavations in the bed of the harbour which the contractors have great difficulties in dealing with" In the reverse shot some of these excavated rocks can be seen along with a boiler to provide steam to the winch which pulled the quarry trucks up the tracks that are running down into the harbour In 1908 the commissioners are going to give up on the contractor because he can't get the rock out. A A receiver was appointed 1909 nothing much has changed By 1910. The commissioners have sent in their own dredger and works are completed. Post 1904 Pre 1910

"Been's Pillar, Liscannor, with figures" is actually O'Brien's Pillar...

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Main St. Liscannor, Co. Clare

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  • Stuart said:
    Are those roofing slates in the foreground?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Yes, they're probably Liscannor Stone which is quarried in the surrounding area. This was shipped by the quarries from Liscannor pier which is how the stone got the name.
  • Thomondrow said:
    Liscannor Stone was most famous as flooring and paving. Killaloe slate was used for roofing. The streets of London were paved with Liscannor Stone. Also on very low tide you can see the hull of a ship laden with similar slabs half buried in the sand.
  • Eileesh Buckley said:
    Liscannor stone was used for roofing some buildings around the area, there is one building in Lahinch which still has the big stones on the roof - the Cetlic T-shirt Shop.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The building with the sign on the right is a Smithy according to the Os 25 " map.

The Cliffs of Moher

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  • Sherrie said:
    Love it!
  • Swordscookie said:
    It is so strange looking at the old "habit's" of the nuns and 1962 is not that long ago. They must have been very difficult to wear and especially in the heat of a good summer or in very cold weather?
  • Angela Orlando said:
    Marvelous portrait... lovely B&W photo!!! The Cliffs of Moher are truly spectacular, then & now!!!
  • Marta said:
    Un bonito recuerdo de estos espectaculares acantilados por las mismas fechas que los visitamos nosotras.
  • Eulalia Coll said:
    Yo también estuve en el mismo lugar en el año 1961 .