Quite a group of people standing outside the Post Office in Portstewart in County Derry while the numbers diminish as they eye moves along the street. Mr. French had the capacity to attract people to his work and children in particular, but on occasions, no doubt due to a lack of juicy bones, he has been ignored by the dogs of the towns he visited!
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865-1914 Post-1902
NLI Ref: L_ROY_09212
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Tags: Robert French William Lawrence Lawrence Collection Lawrence Photographic Studio The Lawrence Photograph Collection Glass Negative National Library of Ireland Post Office Portstewart Co. Derry Ulster Northern Ireland 20th Century Ireland
To end the week we have an album for you to savour and given that it is the summer (it is summer, isn't it?) a holiday spent in West Cork/Kerry would be just perfect. Dorothy Stokes recorded her holiday and the image on the right has an intriguing caption!
"Kenmare Bridge - Doomed to fall under a wedding!"
There has to be a story there and whose wedding was it?
Photographer: Dorothy Stokes
Date: July 1929
NLI Ref.: ALB224
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 13 of 27 in this Stokes Glengarriff Album.
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Tags: Ireland National Library of Ireland Photographic Album Dorothy Stokes Albums West Cork/Kerry Kenmare Kenmare suspension bridge Doomed under a wedding motor car 1919 Dorothy Stokes Glengarriff 1929 1920s Twentieth Century Travel Tourism Albums July
Blackfriars Abbey in ruins seen clearly thanks to the absence of the FW Woolworths store due to fire! A nice snapshot of a time with the builders hard at work and the corner boys standing around doing what corner boys do, smoking fags and noodling!
Photographer: Poole Studio
Collection: Poole Photographic Collection
Date: Circa 25th September 1930
NLI Ref.: POOLEWP 3748
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Tags: 20th Century A.H. Poole Arthur Henri Poole glass negative Ireland Munster National Library of Ireland Poole Photographic Collection Waterford Blackfriars Abbey Woolworths 3D and 6D FW Woolworths store
I just love this photo! This is one of those that I wish I had taken. The laneway itself, the light, the wet surface, the little shops/houses - just fabulous, and right in the heart of the Liberties. The lovely Elinor had a great eye!
Photographer: Elinor Wiltshire
Collection: Wiltshire Photographic Collection
Date: 1964
NLI Ref: WIL 5[5]
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Tags: Elinor Wiltshire Rolleiflex Camera Rolleiflex Wiltshire Photographic Collection National Library of Ireland 20th Century Dublin Ireland Leinster Cathedral Lane The Liberties Dublin City Kevin Street Elinor O’Brien Wiltshire
Imagine having the choice today of going to see either "The Chieftains" or "Rory Gallagher" or even both? You would happily pay out enough to stay in a Dublin Hotel on any concert night to do so! Findlater's Corner is the subject, but the vast array of posters is probably of more interest to most of us.
Photographers: Unknown
Collection: Dublin Corporation Photographic Collection
Date: ca. 1960-1980 Late November/early December 1971
NLI Ref: NPA DCC 141
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Tags: Dublin Corporation Photographic Collection National Library of Ireland Dublin DCC Leinster Ireland Mylar B&W 20th Century Findlater's Corner Upper O'Connell Street Cathal Brugha Street Findlater's shop posters The Chieftains Rory Gallagher The National Stadium MEX Maxol Findlater Grocery Volkswagen Combi Volkswagen T1 The National Bank Elite Cafe VW Sold by Lisney Lyon Group 9646 YI Date Established