How is it possible that this is the last day of February 2025, it only seems like it was Christmas just a few weeks back. I am looking forward to sunset this evening, it will be the first day in months when the sun will set in Dublin after 18.00! Anyway, on to today’s photo we are given the following from the catalogue “Dr. Walker of whom I write: Ethel & the major of hewly” If you have any idea what this means you are a better Mary than me!
Photographer: Unknown
Collection: Sheehy Skeffington Photographic Collection
Date: Unknown
NLI Ref: NPA SHE36
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Tags: Sheehy Skeffington Photographic Collection Photo Ireland NLI National Library of Ireland Dr. Walker Ethel & the major of hewly Ethel Hewly shrubbery Woman seated wooden bench
A tough one for you all today, we have an unknown stand in an unknown location at an unknown event, on an unknown date. The catalogue does tell us that “Seated in the front row is Ernest Blythe (second from end, far right) and in the third row are Kevin O'Higgins (third from end, far right) and Hugh Kennedy (far right)”. Help!
Photographer: Unknown
Contributors: Kennedy, Hugh, 1879-1936
Date: 192-
NLI Ref.: KEN10. Original photographs from Hugh Kennedy's private papers.
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Tags: Original photograph Hugh Kennedy's private papers Hugh Kennedy Ernest Blythe Kevin O'Higgins Men Women Stand Event Sporting Soldiers National Library of Ireland NLI Ireland 1920’s Gathering of spectators seated in a stand unknown event
A large group of well-armed British Soldiers on a cobbled street somewhere in Dublin, I would suppose. The Catalogue tells they are readying themselves for another raid in Dublin and occurrence that seems to happen on an hourly basis. I would be surprised if we do not at least confirm the location?
Photographers: Unknown
Collection: Irish Political Scenes Photographic Collection
Date: Unknown
NLI Ref: NPA DOCE2
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Tags: IRISH POLITICAL SCENES PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION National Library of Ireland Political Scenes Ireland Large group soldiers overcoats helmets rifles Leinster Guns British Army Army Tin Hats Gates Raid Raid in Dublin Dublin Co Dublin Lewis Machine Gun Lee Enfield Rifle
These two photos are from a jewel of an album that has only been living in Library Towers for the last three years. It is small but perfectly formed, and records a voyage around the south-west coast of Ireland in August 1913.
Photographer: Michael Ennis?
Date: August 1913
FÓGRA: Photographs in our Albums are generally not individually catalogued, so if you want to examine this photo in the NLI catalogue, just scroll to image 11 of 15 in this Gahan family photographic album.
NLI Ref: NPA GAF
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Tags: Gahan Family Gahan Family Photographic Album National Library of Ireland August 1913 1910s Blasket Islands Blaskets Skelligs Beehive Huts Beehive Cells Sir David Harrel Chief Commissioner Dublin Metropolitan Police Ian Basil Gawaine Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood Lord Basil Temple Blackwood Vaughan Robinson Nash Skellig Michael William Lawson Micks
A rather whimsical photo for us to play with today. It's from a wonderful album of photos by Chancellor [of Dublin?] Photographers. The dress is tremendous, the pages' rig outs almost as impressive.
Wonder if the boys were press ganged into service, or were willing participants in this whole extravaganza? Would also love to know who the woman is. And of course, more about this Déanta in Éirinn forerunner of Guaranteed Irish.
Photographer: Chancellor Photographer
Date: Circa 1900?-1910? 1909?
NLI Ref.: ALB62
FÓGRA: Photographs in our Albums are generally not individually catalogued, so if you want to examine this photo in the NLI catalogue, just scroll to image 46 of 130 in this Chancellor Debutante Album.
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Tags: Déanta in Éirinn Chancellor Studio Albums Chancellor Debutantes Album National Library of Ireland Location Identified People Identified Date Established