trawlers

The image could be the former Yorkshire Belle that was lost during the war as the new one has a funnel which does not appear to be on this image.

Keith many thanks for pointing this out - always pleased to receive more detail/insight on our images. If you've got some more info we could add this to the description?

Street view looking down the pier maps.google.ie/maps?q=Downings,+Donegal&hl=en&ll=... showing rope-holding structures - the same rope-holding structures I think

A bollard is a short vertical post. Originally it meant a post used on a ship or a quay, principally for mooring. The word now also describes a variety of structures to control or direct road traffic, such as posts arranged in a line to obstruct the passage of motor vehicles.[1][2] The American Heritage Dictionary describes this use of bollard as "chiefly British", although the term has crept into the jargon of some American universities where dense traffic necessitates the use of bollards for access control. In the lighting industry, the term is used to describe short, post-like light fixtures. Mooring Bollard

From www.rosguill.com/ourarea/history/ 1880 Downings pier built 1895 Memorial erected in Carrigart to the 4th Earl (the fair Earl) 1887-1914 Fishing boom in Herring – ended at start of First World War with lost markets in Germany and Russia 1910 Extension to Pier built Marked on the OSI 25" as Downies Pier

Another great Irish life vintage photo' !

DannyM8 Thanks for the Streetview, and "mooring bollard".

Seen and admired in the group : I Love Black and White!.