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It's a bit more colourful these days: maps.google.ie/?ll=52.138756,-8.27543&spn=0.008745,0....

derangedlemur It certainly is - looks gorgeous!

maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,581152,598449,7,9

David Hayes, Merchant: 58 in 1901. It's hard to gauge his age from this picture though.

William Eager - 46, Thomas Mannix - 58, John Quinlan - 24. They're all shopkeepery sort of ages. I'd say this is quite close to the turn of the century. Quinlan can't have been in business much before this (Unless he inherited the business from another J, I suppose - his mother's still on the premises as head of family).

Betting on 1898 for the date! I prefer the photo with Mr Merry and his barrow. Or is it one of his lads? catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000589979

beachcomber australia I thought it was a bit blurry, so went for this one and its Seville oranges.

All four Merry's house photos were taken at different times - see the displays in the doorway. And the blinds and curtains ...

Yikes! Merry's is still going strong. Since 1868 - merrys.ie/our-story/ Edit - still going strong in Dungarvan. nb similar typeface in streetview - goo.gl/maps/cCEcVoPEtAaefxen6

www.flickr.com/photos/oxfordshirechurches/33994835794/in/... "FP stands for fire plug. Prior to fire hydrants firemen would dig down to the water main and bore a hole in it – the hole would fill with water that they could use for firefighting. Once the fire was extinguished they would hammer a bung or ‘plug’ into the pipe and backfill the hole, leaving an FP mark on the building for future reference. The term stuck when hydrants were introduced and their locations were marked with FP signs. ". in this case 32ft off wall.

well ... the shadow is almost under the bodies so ... I'd say the time here is noon... I leave the clothing to you all ! Seems it was a bit of a windy day (observing the flags on buildings).

Well, sure we may as well have the streetview: maps.google.ie/?ll=53.339816,-6.260855&spn=0.000026,0...

Is the tram horse drawn or is it just running someone over? I don't see any wires but there's a couple of legs up the front. edit: "Discussions towards electrification began in late 1890", so it's definitely a horse.

I assume it's at the top of Grafton Street. There wouldn't be any business for the sidecars at any other corner of the green.

None of the park's corners has a rounded fence today. Also the cobbled surface and the tramways have long been gone. Ironically, there are as many carts and horses in the picture as there are nowadays. Some things never change :)