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Rings a big bell ...

Via John Spooner's comment on the above photo ... "The "Prince of Wales" photo: it looks like the future Gerorge[sic] V, who became Prince of Wales in 1901. However, as Duke of York, he and the Duchess stayed at Kilkenny Castle from 19th to 24th April 1899 (Belfast News-letter)."

Interestingly, the National Archives has an entry for a photo described as: "Photograph 11½ x 9½ group of fifteen figures including the Duke and Duchess of York (in centre) on the occasion of the Royal visit to Kilkenny Castle, six ladies and one gentleman seated, eight gentlemen standing, the Duke standing behind the Duchess seated, portraits in background." However, it also says "Copyright owner and author of work: August Nielsen, Rose Inn Street, Kilkenny. Form completed 5 May 1899.".

Mary of Teck is wearing her Shamrock brooch again:

2nd from the right front row doesn't look at all happy.

Hang on! Isn't the Marchioness the one on the left with the lorgnette? 'Cos of this other photo of her - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000593069

And the Marquis in the same clothes and buttonhole. Probably same day? - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000593068

He is James Edward William Theobald Butler, 3rd Marquess of Ormonde, KP, PC (Ire) (5 October 1844 – 26 October 1919) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Butler,_3rd_Marquess_of_Ormonde So photo is before October 1919. Here he is in 1899 -

beachcomber australia Thank you! Though you ruined my lovely 'lliteration... :)

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Avoid Alliteration. Always. Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. Avoid cliches like the plague. (They’re old hat.) Employ the vernacular. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc. ... ... From - www.plainlanguage.gov/resources/humor/how-to-write-good/

That really is an informative poster ! - Sensational return of Ormonde's Vivograph straight from the front! - Latest on the Boer and China Wars (guns and troops in action)! - HM Queen Victoria in Ireland. - Animated Tableau Paris Exhibition of 1900 etc. Dates: (1900-1901?) Queen Victoria visited Ireland April, 1900 and died 1901. Second Boer War: 11 October 1899 until 31 May 1902. The Boxer Rebellion (China): 1900-1902.

The Market Cross: nli: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332286 Another view of the Square: nli: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000332294

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The Great God of Google does not know a lot about the Ormonde Vivograph, except for this website about early cinema which reprints an advert about a similar performance in Bo'ness, Scotland in August 1901. Sounds like a sort of music hall live family act with photos ... "1901-08-30","\"MAHATMAS\" IN BO'NESS -- Dr and Mddle S. Ormonde, the \"Mahatmas of the West' and their 'Sunflower Coterie\", with the vivograph, which has lately been creating a furore of excitement in London and Paris, are announced to appear at the Drill Hall, on Wednesday, 4th Sept. The chief attraction of the evening is the vivograph, which shows pictures of the latest scenes of the Boer and China War, depicting guns and troops in actual action. A stirring spectacle of a complete Spanish bull fight is then produced. Following this are the wrestlers, the great prize fight between John Bull and Kruger, and innumerable sensational and amusing animated pictures from other interesting subjects. The entertainment is of a high-class variety nature, and includes brilliant violin selections by Miss Lottie Ormonde. Excellent as all the parts are, the real interest is centred on Doctor and Mdlle Stella Ormonde in their marvellous clairvoyancy. Mdlle. Stella enters into a mesmeric or clairvoyant condition, and then begins the marvellous revelations. The Ormondes undoubtedly present a great entertainment, and we feel sure that they will be welcomed with a crowded house in Bo'ness." From earlycinema.gla.ac.uk/DataTables-1.10.9/scripts/server_pr... , then use 'find on page' for "ormonde".

Just past the town hall (on High Street) I see Waldron and Cunningham

The ship is the Orient S N Co liner Ormonde, built in 1917 and in service on the Company's England-Australia run until scrapped in 1952. The photo can be approximately dated as late 1931 by the fact that it shows the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons as incomplete: they reached full height in January 1932.

FredV45 Thanks Fred! Our records have been updated with this information :)

I think it might be 26 January 1931, Anniversary Day (now known as Australia Day). R.M.S. 'Ormonde' was the Flagship. Read all about it - SMH 27/01/1931 p.9 - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16749101 Illustration - (p.12) - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/16748970

My grandad took the trip from Liverpool to Algiers on this ship in May 1943 as part of draft reinforcements for the 1st Army in Tunisia during World War II.