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Sailing on choppy waters

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

«Левый… левый… левый, правый, левый»

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  • 17 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    They are near an electric tramway (that narrows it down a little!).

    The grin on the fellow at the back !
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Куропа́ткин; March 29, 1848 – January 16, 1925) served as the Russian Imperial Minister of War from January 1898 to February 1904 and as a field commander subsequently. Historians often hold him responsible for major Russian defeats in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 to 1905, most notably at the Battle of Mukden (1905) and at the Battle of Liaoyang (August-September 1904)."

    via - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey_Kuropatkin

    So photo is likely between 1898 and 1904 ?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "In 1898, Kuropatkin was recalled to St. Petersburg and appointed War Minister. His first priority was of improving the command structure of the army, as well as the living conditions of its officers. His reforms included measures to rejuvenate the army by setting age limits for line officers and candidates for higher office, and by increasing the period of secondment of officers from the General Staff to combat units. He attempted to improve the quality of officers by raising the two-year cadet training program to three years, and by opening seven new cadet schools. He also increased the frequency of training maneuvers. ..."

    From wiki above - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksey_Kuropatkin#Minister_of_War
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia An interesting man!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Could be the Life Guards Uniform?

The patient Heron lonely stands...

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Is it stuffed, or just 'resting'? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_heron - "In Ireland, the grey heron is often colloquially called a "crane" " "Roast heron was once a specially prized dish; when George Neville became Archbishop of York in 1465, 400 herons were served to the guests."
  • Niall McAuley said:
    An online lookup says Heron is Corr in Irish, and there is an Island called Corriveillaun on the 25", not marked on Google maps as such, it is here.
  • Quite Adept said:
    Here’s a lovely poster of Heron Island, Glengarriff www.gwra.co.uk/auctions/poster-ireland-glengarriff-heron-...
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Quite Adept Lovely illustration by a *screws in monocle* G.H. Bland?
  • Niall McAuley said:
    This history page on Cromwell's Bridge nearby says Another interesting placename in the area is Corriveillaun, which applies to the woodland just east of the bridge. The name is marked on the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, which was produced between 1897–1913. Given the slight phonetic similarity, “Cromwell” could potentially derive from “Corriveillaun”, which is evidently an Anglicized name but our research has not uncovered the original Irish version. One possibility is “Currach An Mhaoilinn” meaning a bare or flat-topped marsh. A more likely possibility is “Currach Bheithe Lán” meaning “full marsh of the birch”. The latter makes sense when we consider that downy birch trees commonly grow in the wet woodland along parts of the Glengarriff River.

    Previously, on Cromwellview, the nearby bridge:
    The view through the trees.