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Bonafide Travellers

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• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  And we have a winner! John Spooner John Spooner added a note on the picture over Bonafide Travellers. John, do you never sleep?

• John Spooner said:

  Wasn't there a law which prohibited selling of alcoholic beverages on Sundays other than to 'bona fide travellers'? There's an advertisement on the 2nd tram (centre-right) with 'Refreshments on Sundays. Bona fide travellers'

• John Spooner said:

  National Library of Ireland on The Commons From time to time. I see that Arabian Nights was on at the Gaiety Theatre
  
  Here's the none-too-complimentary review from Freeman's of May 20th 1890, which refers to Miss Vaudray's be-feathered hat (click for a readable version).
  
  

• heady school said:

  Over market gardens tidy, Taverns for the bona fide

• National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:

  John Spooner Ooh, you're ringing vague bells with me about Dubliners heading out to Wicklow hills on a Sunday to go to public houses.