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Once more unto the Bridge, dear friends from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 2 September
Dirt on the street and Dog in the distance from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 25 August
While James stands contemplating where his next fare might come from the "Back to the Future" DeLorean screams to a stop behind him! from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 20 August
The Post Office - a home from home! from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 17 August
Ghosts and muddy streets in Cork from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 5 August
Providentially the Scots knew how to build a big one from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 10 July
Bathing in Bray Baths beats bathing on Bray Beach from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 8 July
Enjoying the Heat Wave? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 26 June
No signs of the Auld Lammas Fair on Ann Street from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 18 June
Wilson and Carswell have Reformed from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 10 June
The Station Hotel: Where Missing Your Train Was a Business Model from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 8 June
Lamps, Masts, and Layabouts from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 2 June
There's a Ball at the Castle, now where's the Key? from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 27 May
Pilgrim, Ring that bell from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 25 May
The Crystal Palace but on a smaller scale from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 15 May

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Lamps, Masts, and Layabouts

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

29 older comments, and then…
Mike Grimes said:
Streetview:

maps.app.goo.gl
Conall said:
it still looks very much the same today
Patrick Bohan said:
There have been a few advancements since then!
beachcomber australia said:
"GASKELL BEERSBRIDGE R"[oad] on the side of the cart ...
Flowerpots ? It's Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men !
beachcomber australia said:
Something 1885 in the ironwork under the second lamp.
Earliest date?

The Crystal Palace but on a smaller scale

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

41 older comments, and then…
beachcomber australia said:
Yikes! AI warning! - www.facebook.com/Irelandspastinmotion/videos/a-building-k...
beachcomber australia said:
Spot the differences! - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000327045
Suck Diesel said:
A department store, I think, now the location of an AIB branch
Not marked as ‘hotel’ on the 25-inch
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Pace yourself, now you're no longer "forbidden"! 😀
mikeyashworth said:
I wonder if the man leaning on the shovel and the rubble is associated with what looks like replacement street lighting? On the right is an existing gas street lamp (looking very much like a fishtail burner rather than an incandescent mantle) and next to it is the much taller replacement column with supply pipe ready for lantern. I wonder if the local press covered such events? - they usually did!

There's a Ball at the Castle, now where's the Key?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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John Spooner said:
In the Ashbourne News Telegraph - Friday 06 May 1904 (where else would it be?) is a feature entitled "Kilkenny Castle", which includes:
In the drawing-room two mascots of the family are_preserved—a crystal ball and an old key. The crystal ball is of extreme age, and its origin is entirely legendary. In Pagan times such halls were used for divination, even as they are now by Bond-street soothsayers, but in Ireland and Scotland they became • valued possession of the early Christian saints. They were always associated with the working of miracles, and were believed to possess healing properties of supernatural power. The 'Osiden Key" was the chief butler's symbol of office, and hung at his girdle when he attended the King. The rise of the Ormondee is, indeed, marked by this little key. The founder of the great family which for seven centuries has borne the surname of Butler was an Anglo-Norman, by name Theobald Walter, eon of Herveius Walter by his wife Maude de Valois, and brother of .Archbishop Hubert Walter. who occupied the See of Canterbury in the reigns of Richard I. and John. Theobag Walter came to Ireland with Henry 11., and, for services rendered in the King's cause, had conferred upon him the title of "Chief Butler of Ireland." This Theobald Walter's only son was the first to assume the surname of Le Botiler, or Butler.

and this illustration
Suck Diesel said:
Symbol of office
beachcomber australia said:
Yes, a similar story in 1912 via Trove -
"... One relic preserved within its walls is the "Golden Key," which is a symbol of the office of Butler granted to the head
of the family more than seven centuries ago. ..."
See - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/170952979?searchTerm=%...
beachcomber australia said:
The key doesn't look very C13th. More like C18th.
O Mac will unlock the mystery ...
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
My wife's maiden name is Butler and she was the 2001 representative from South Australia for the Rose of Tralee quest. Her name resides on a glass wall in Tralee.