Wearing No. 39 is Olympic athlete Sonia O'Sullivan in the Oman Cup Race at the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Particularly good to start 2012 with this photo, as the Phoenix Park is 350 years old this year.
Date: 1 January 1992
NLI Ref.: IND192-9[29]
Tags: Sonia O'Sullivan Olympic Athlete Oman Cup Race Oman Cup Racing Running Athletics Phoenix Park Dublin Ireland Leinster January 1992 1990s Nineties Independent Newspapers Collection National Library of Ireland
This is the Fitzgerald family of Otteran Place, Waterford city.
Especially love the cheeky grin on the son down the front, and it looks as if we've got the earliest example of a wristwatch appearing in our photos - previous record was 27 December 1922 - unless of course, you've spotted any earlier ones...
Delighted that we've had contact from a family member! BlaithinS said:
"The cheeky chappy was my grandfather Jack Fitzgerald. The other 5 are his older half brothers and sisters.
Date: 2 January 1915
NLI Ref.: P_WP_2581a
Tags: Fitzgerald Family Otteran Place Ireland Munster Portrait Aspidistra January 1915 1910s Glass Negative A.H. Poole Arthur Henri Poole Jack Fitzgerald Wristwatches Waterford National Library of Ireland Poole Photographic Collection People Identified
Not a good start to the year 1930 for the owner of this Cotton motorbike! This photo was taken at John Kelly's garage on Catherine Street, Waterford.
Date: Friday, 3 January 1930
NLI Ref.: P_WP_3662
Tags: Messrs Kelly & Co. John Kelly Garage Catherine Street Ireland Munster WI 996 Cotton Motorbike Motorcycle John Bull Burman Jamp Castrol XM Dunlop Tyres Cord Wired January 1930s Thirties Cotton JAP J.A. Prestwich Glass Negative A.H. Poole Arthur Henri Poole Friday 3rd Waterford National Library of Ireland Poole Photographic Collection
This is General Motors or GM diesel locomotive B124 being unloaded from a ship at the North Wall in Dublin following its arrival on a ship from America.
Thanks to Seuss. for this link to tons of information about B124 on the Irish Traction's Group website...
Date: 4 January 1961
NLI Ref.: ODEA 23/8
Tags: General Motors GM Diesel Locomotive B124 Ship North Wall Dublin Ireland Leinster Cranes Dockers Coras Iompair Éireann C.I.É Trains Railways Railroads January 1961 1960s Sixties James P. O'Dea 8-567CR single cab Bo-Bo National Library of Ireland O'Dea Photograph Collection
Just a row of shops on the Quays in Waterford, or is it?
Came across this while searching for a photo taken on 5 January, and got very excited when I spotted the poster in the window of no. 127, the offices of L. & N.W. Midland and L. & Y. Railways. It's a WWI recruiting poster that we also have in our Ephemera Collections here at the National Library.
It's amazing to think of the young men who may have passed this shop window, looked at this poster with excitement or fear, or even disdain. And it's amazing that we still have the photo and we still have the poster...
Date: 5 January 1915
NLI Ref.: P_WP_2579
Tags: Fitzgerald L. & N.W. Midland and L. & Y. Railways Bassett & Meredith Wine Merchants Gorman's Medical Hall Think! WWI Recruiting Poster Harry Lawrence Oakley First World War The Quay Ireland Munster January 1915 1910s London & North West Midland H.I. Gorman Hamilton, Long & Co. State Apothecaries Glass Negative A.H. Poole Arthur Henri Poole Parade Quay Waterford National Library of Ireland Poole Photographic Collection