This restful spot is Hazelwood, near Sligo Town, inspiration for The Song of Wandering Aengus by W.B. Yeats:
"I went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread."
Date: Circa 1890
NLI Ref.: L_ROY_03292
Tags: Hazelwood Sligo Ireland Lough Gill Woods Boats Laura Fishermen Pier Reeds Trees 1890s Robert French Song of Wandering Aengus W.B. Yeats Nobel Laureate Pinnace William Lawrence Connaught Connacht National Library of Ireland explore Poem poetry Lawrence Photograph Collection
What a great photo and such wonderful hats, the location was found by Niall McAuley. This is Bundoran Co, Donegal.
Photographer: John J. Clarke
Contributor: Brian Clarke, Donor
Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection
Date: 1890 - 1910
NLI Ref: CLAR87
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Tags: Donegal Bundoran Ireland National Library of Ireland JJ Clarke Clarke Photographic Collection Hats Sea Wall Steps Dunes Clarke John Joseph Clarke
Rockysteps or "Group of people posing for the camera, while climbing a cliff overlooking a lake"
This is a photo from Glendalough in Co Wicklow. The "Steps are known as the St. Kevin's Bed Ascent. Thanks to sharon.corbet for identifying the location.
Big treat next week for all fans of the Snapper,
One City One Book event: Public reading from The Snapper
Tuesday 21 April, 1.05pm
Sharon Rabbitte announces her pregnancy....and the speculation begins.......
Join us for this lunch time reading from The Snapper (1990) from The Barrytown Trilogy, which brings Roddy Doyle’s three acclaimed novels featuring the unforgettable Rabbitte family together in one volume and which is the choice for this year's One City One Book.
Actress, Ger Ryan will bring us into the world of the Rabbitte family in this lunch time reading. Ger Ryan is one of Ireland's best known actresses, and played Maggie in The Van and also features in Alan Parker's The Commitments.
All welcome and booking is not required.
Photographer: Fergus O’Connor
Collection: Fergus O’Connor Collection
Date: 1880 - 1920
NLI Ref: OCO 142
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Tags: Fergus O’Connor Fergus O’Connor Collection Glass Negative National Library of Ireland Rocky Steps Lake Cliff people Glendalough Co. Wicklow Gleann Dá Loch St. Kevins Bed Templenaskellig Ireland Vertigo Location Identified
View of a village, seen from across a waterway, in an unknown location.
sharon.corbet confirmed that this is in fact a view of Crosshaven in Co Cork. Our Antipodean cousin beachcomberaustralia was being driven batty by the belfry and spire on St Brigid's Catholic Church (Edward Welby Pugin 1869) - when was it added?
In the streetviews we see some of the yachts of the Royal Cork Yacht Club which is the world's oldest yacht club founded in 1720 - Click here for more details
Photographer: Fergus O’Connor
Collection: Fergus O’Connor Collection
Date: 1880 - 1920
NLI Ref: OCO 353
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Tags: Fergus O’Connor Fergus O’Connor Collection Glass Negative National Library of Ireland Village on river River tidal hill far side Village Waterway Cork Harbour Crosshaven Co Cork Munster Antipodean driven batty belfry spire St Brigid's St Brigid’s Catholic Church Edward Welby Pugin 1869 Royal Cork Yacht Club Founded in 1720 Ireland Location Identified
Street in small country town, mainly 1-storey houses including, many thatched, church, square tower four spirelets, wooded and bare hill in background.
The location of this photo was identified in a flash by derangedlemur as Newcastle Co. Down. Slieve Donard in the background was the big hint.
Slieve Donard from Irish: Sliabh Dónairt, meaning "Dónairt's mountain") is an 850-metre (2,790 ft) mountain in County Down, Northern Ireland. Part of the Mourne Mountains, it is the highest peak in Northern Ireland and in the wider province of Ulster.
Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton
Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence
Collection: The Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection
Date: 1860 - 1883
NLI Ref: STP_2248
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Tags: Stereographic negatives James Simonton Frederick Holland Mares John Fortune Lawrence William Mervyn Lawrence National Library of Ireland Newcastle Co. Down Ulster Ireland Northern Ireland Main Street Slieve Donard Mountains of Mourne Sliabh Dónairt Dónairt's mountain Newcastle, County Down Stereo Pairs Photograph Collection Stereo Pairs Lawrence Photograph Collection