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St. Nicholas' Church, Galway, 1990

  • heady school said:
    I passed by here about 10 days ago. Not much different apart from the influx of crusty types.
  • Robin Parkes said:
    I see the spire is roofed in copper compared to slates in the older photo.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Thanks Robin Parkes Robin. Hadn't noticed that. As usual, once there's a clock, that's my focus. It may be an illness!
  • victor98_2001 said:
    excellent shot
  • oaktree_brian_1976 said:
    Is that the same tree a hundred years later? Not as big as I thought it would be...

April 19, 1964

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  • Swordscookie said:
    Such an unusual shot for a film photograph? It is quite different in its approach and composition to most and very interesting for that reason. I was visiting Galway a lot around then but was more interested in rivers and rugby pitches so I can't help with Mullins but the boy reminds me of myself just a few years earlier.
  • John Lord said:
    A butchers shop, I think - so the kid is dreaming of mince. A look at Google maps shows that the building is intact but painted a startling lime green - and home to a creperie called Zatsuma. A creperie in Galway City. Who'd have guessed that in 1964?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    John Lord Mince, eh? That's what I get for stereotyping children - thinking of a sweet tooth instead of carnivorous tendencies...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    This is as close as I can get in Streetview.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley Oh don't talk to me! Spent a good 5 minutes trying to get the same view - slithering up and down Shop Street, muttering ominously that if Mr O'Dea could do it, then so could I. Shamefacedly gave up, but I am bloodied but unbowed. Virtual sticky bun (hot from the wholly imaginary NLI oven) for anyone who can get the same view in Streetview...

Elevated view of buildings in a town, one of the buildings has the sign "Thomas Hart, Marine dealer"

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  • derangedlemur said:
    Looks a bit like Kinsale. Let us consult Streetview. Edit: Maybe not - there's no bridge.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Galway, I think. Yes, in this Bing aerial view I see the church tower, the bridge, and the building with the tower across the river.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I think the photographer is up on st. Nicholas's church.
    St. Nicholas' Church, Galway, 1890(?)
    See the ivy covered ruined wall in the foreground? No ivy today

    The building Mr. Hart was in is gone, but the 3 storey building two doors to the right is still there, and in slightly better nick today, so Hart is on Market Street (streetview links fixed, I hope).
  • Niall McAuley said:
    In the distance, I see trusses of the railway viaduct. The Galway to Clifden line was started in 1890, opened in 1895.
  • derangedlemur said:
    Could be. There's not much left of the houses in the picture.