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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
Lamps, Masts, and Layabouts from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 2 June
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
Oh, I never knew that! from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 13 May
Castles galore on the rocky old shore from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 8 May
Visitors view Verdant vista from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 6 May
Chois Fairraige - Ag barr an cnoic from National Library of Ireland on The Commons uploaded 1 May
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Controversy carved in stone!
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The Station Hotel: Where Missing Your Train Was a Business Model
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beachcomber australia said:
It grew a 'nose' over the front door. I wonder when?
StationHotelView - maps.app.goo.gl/vV5t3NurXAnZGpjv7
There is a longer shot - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000327406 - with a smart carriage from the Imperial Hotel. -
robh London said:
Reminds of all the stories back in the day of planes landing at Shannon Airport for refuelling and then being held because of fog. Limerick didn't have enough hotels so people could get sent out to Kilkee. Including Che Guevara! kilkee.clareheritage.org/people/che-guevara-in-kilkee
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beachcomber australia said:
" ... By the end of the nineteenth century, it became necessary to replace the original Penrose Quay terminus with a larger station, Kent Station, which opened on 2 February 1893. ..."
[Aside] - "The station served as a filming location for the 1979 movie The First Great Train Robbery starring Seán Connery, Donald Sutherland and Lesley-Anne Down."
via - www.ouririshheritage.org/content/knowyour5k/kent-station-2 -
beachcomber australia said:
This 2017 GoogleMaps screen grab is remarkably close to Mr French / Lawrence's point of view, going by the chimney positions relative to each other -
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia/55320676852/in/dateposted/] -
National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
robh London Nice story Robert.
There's a Ball at the Castle, now where's the Key?
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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
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Suck Diesel said:
Symbol of office
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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.