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Blackstone is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The district was originally called Bundamba Creek but this caused confusion with nearby Bundamba, so the postmistress Mrs Orr proposed the name Blackstone, believed to be a place in Ireland.[3 The area is renowned for its mining history and in 1866 Welshman Lewis Thomas established one of the first mines in the area.[4] Blackstone has a rich Welsh history with Lewis Thomas having populated the community with Welsh miners and their families, who in turn established their own Cambrian choir and church in 1886, a School of Arts in 1891, a Soccer club in 1890, and public school in 1887. Blackstone Congregational Church was established in 1879 and was designed by architect Will Haenke. The church originally faced Thomas Street, but circa 1900 a new church building was constructed to face Mary Street with the original building being retained as a hall. In December 2007 the Samoan Methodist Church purchased the church with Samoan-language services being conducted from 27 January 2008.[6] Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackstone,_Queensland

I reckon a good bet is some where in the Cork area Carol?

ClickKen04 Wouldn't be surprised, as a lot of O'Connor's are from the South Wesht...

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Could very well be, no doubt you will know before the evening, lol. Btw. on the Joe Duffy Prog they were talking of the Chair O'Planes in Bray, anything in the archives from there? Fregal Quinn's Dad (Eamon Quinn) built it seemingly, he, (Fergal Quinn) was on the prog yesterday because all the 'old John Hinde postcards' are being re-released and a calendar in to the bargain, but not sure if it's Hinde themselves doing it, but the Chair O'Planes is some that are being released also, I did'nt hear all of the programme, so not fully sure!

Ahem: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000337123/Image?lookfor=http:...

Well colour me (us) mortified! Thank you Niall McAuley for pointing out that we have an image of O'Sullivan's Hotel in our Lawrence Collection, and that this hotel was in Killarney, Co. Kerry! However, if any of you know an exact location, please shout and I'll add it to our Flickr map... And is this hotel still there? So, another Fergus O'Connor "unknown location" photo bites the dust (in under an hour this time!). Next time, I'll pick what I think is a really easy one, so that maybe it will turn out to be fiendishly difficult.

looks like a young stallion or gelding