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Similar appearance to this John Butler Yeats portrait of Butt at the UK National Portrait Gallery

Start here- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Butt

Younger, firmer Butt - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000286624

Per the DIB: Butt was Conservative MP for Harwich from May to July 1852, being elected later that year for Youghal, holding the seat until defeated in the election of July 1865; he sat for Limerick from September 1871 until his death. 1879 Also: Home Government Association established at a meeting in May 1870. This initiative developed in part from the ‘Limerick Declaration’ of 1867, signed by a large number of catholic clergy and organised by Richard Baptist O'Brien (qv), dean of Limerick, himself one of Butt's closest political confidants during these years. I don't see any earlier connection to Limerick, so the pic may date from 1871-79?

Is Mrs Flynn the only [edited] commercial [edited] woman photographer/studio owner we've had in all these years, aside from Elinor Wiltshire? Or am I going soft in my dotage?

It says in the NLI catalogue that A. H. Poole was the photographer. Maybe the 'original' is lurking in Mr Poole's collection?

"The toothbrush moustache is a style of moustache in which the sides are vertical (or nearly vertical) rather than tapered, giving the hairs the appearance of the bristles on a toothbrush that are attached to the nose. It was made famous by such comedians as Charlie Chaplin and Oliver Hardy. The style first became popular in the United States in the late 19th century; from there it spread to Germany and elsewhere, reaching a height of popularity in the inter-war years, before becoming unfashionable after World War II due to its strong association with German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The association has become strong enough that the toothbrush has also become known as the "Hitler moustache"."

From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothbrush_moustache

beachcomber australia There are indeed two undigitized Poole shots called
Chief Superintendent Lynch and Superintendent Sean Feore, Parliament Street, Kilkenny, they are dated ca. 1924

There are thousands of POOLEK images, only 2 digitized. They range from 1920 to 1936.

Niall McAuley Brilliant!

She has a long wikipedia page. Born in 1865, she looks an adult here, so after 1885?

Niall McAuley There's another photograph circulating of her with Anna Johnston in which she looks quite a bit younger. Given that they were associated with each other from about 1893, I think it likely that our picture can't be much earlier than 1900, and is probably later.

The bridge looks familiar, but I can't think where I've seen it. There's rhododendrons everywhere, so that narrows it down to all of Ireland.

The notes in the catalogue state that the picture was a gift from Joseph Holloway. Mind you, it also says Joly Collection, which is from 1863.

Flickr is sometimes amazing! Alice was here - Click through for details. Via Ulster History Circle And now she is resting in peace here - Via dalyjoey Drumragh Old Graveyard, not far from Omagh