An interesting portrait from the Sheehy Skeffington Photographic Collection, and from the notes in the Catalogue we see that Marguerite B. Palmer was a hunger striker and a member of the IWFL. What more can you tell us about this leading suffragette?
Photographer: Unknown Stanley Studio, Dublin
Collection: Sheehy Skeffington Photographic Collection
Date: Before, 19th July 1913 Unknown
NLI Ref: NPA SHE132
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The Bard of Thomond, Michael Hogan, penned a poem in the 1800's called "Drunken Thady and the Bishop's Lady"!. The lady in question was allegedly wife of a Bishop of Limerick and having lived a life of debauchery her ghost frequented Thomond Bridge in Limerick. The young lady in this image was far from a debauchee and looks very well on her wedding day. A curious feature of the image is how few of the party are actually looking at the lens. Long exposure no doubt a factor?
Photographer: Possibly William Steuart Trent?
Date: between ca. 1845 and 1871 Saturday, 7 August 1869
NLI Ref.: ALB393
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 45 of 150 in this Trent Family Allbum Album.
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Tags: National Library of Ireland National Photographic Archive Photograph from an Album Trent Family Album Bishop of Limerick Bishop Graves Daughters wedding William Steurt Trench Elizabeth Steurt Trench Michael Angelo Hayes Wedding day group photo Limerick Michael Hogan The bard of Thomond Ireland Church of Ireland bishop Church of Ireland St. Mary's Cathedral CofI Black and White B&W Saturday August 1869 1860s Parknasilla House Kerry Munster Location Identified Date Established