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Meet Miss J. Doyle...

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 10 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Ah, Mr Poole's indoor sundial again ...

    I think it could be a fob watch, with a very twisted cord.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia And no grubby carpet to discombobulate you!
  • John Spooner said:
    A Miss J Doyle is mentioned as present at meetings of the Enniscorthy National Teachers Association in 1917-1920, and before that the name occurs in list of donations to worthy causes: - e.g. 5s to the Enniscorthy Clothing Society in 1898, and 2 bottles of old wine as prizes at the Athenaeum Bazaar in 1902.

    From the lists of donors it's clear that Doyle is a very common name in Enniscorthy, so I'm not saying today's Miss J. Doyle is definitely a teacher, but as soon as I saw her expression I thought 'teacher'.

    In Britain until 1920, women teachers were not allowed to marry (or if they did they had to give up teaching). Was it the same in Ireland?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Here she is, a farmer’s daughter, circa 21 in this photo

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  • John Spooner said:
    To answer my own question, it seems not. James Doyle, of Marshalstown, died in 1910 aged 30, the son of Michael Doyle of Clonjordan, "and husband of Mrs. Doyle, the courteous teacher of Marshalstown schools." Not our Miss J. Doyle, but women teachers could marry without losing their job, it seems.

It's not a long way to Tipperary

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  • Suck Diesel said:
    “The South Irish Horse was a Special Reserve cavalry regiment of the British Army. Formed as an Imperial Yeomanry regiment in 1902 as the South of Ireland Imperial Yeomanry, it perpetuated a unit formed during the Second Boer War. It transferred to the Special Reserve (Cavalry) in 1908 and was renamed as the South Irish Horse. Having taken part in the fighting of World War I, it was disbanded after Irish Independence in 1922.”
    - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Irish_Horse
  • Suck Diesel said:
    “taken in Russia?”
    Sound unlikely

    www.mordaunt.me.uk/my%20family%20history.html
  • Suck Diesel said:
    They do look very cold, unusual to see troops wearing scarves?
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Russia seems very unlikely.

    “On 12 June 1922 King George V received at Windsor Castle representatives of the six disbanded Irish regiments. While five had long and distinguished service records, the South Irish Horse (SIH) had only been raised in 1902, as a result of the second Boer War, but too late to take part.
    On the outbreak of The Great War a single squadron of the SIH was sent to Flanders which was involved in the retreat from Mons and the Marne and the early battles of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle. The remainder of the Regiment followed and over the next four years, won ten battle honours including Loos 1915, Somme 1916 and 1918, Albert, St Quentin, Courtrai and finally France and Flanders 1915-1918. Losses were severe and there were many acts of gallantry.”

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  • Foxglove said:
    Perhaps it's a sign of the times, but none of them could be described as tall. Maybe as they are wrapped up in layers of heavy clothing they appear as shorter?

Classy. Very Classy.

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