Uploads from National Library of Ireland on The Commons, tagged bar, with geodata

Market Square, Letterkenny

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 00:38:34 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

Centuries of transport methods colliding in the bustling Market Square at Letterkenny in Donegal...

Date: 1928??

From Wikipedia, Donegal motor registration numbers were: IH 1 to IH 9999 (Dec 1903 - Jan 1952)

NLI Ref.: EAS_1114

The Square, Rathdowney, Co. Laois, 1990

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:30:03 -0800

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

Taken by photographer, Matilda Cooney, who noted that the scene was "pretty much unaltered".

You can compare this view of The Square at Rathdowney with its companion photo taken approximately 90 years earlier as part of the Lawrence Photographic Project 1990/1991, where one thousand photographs from the Lawrence Collection in the National Library of Ireland were replicated a hundred years later by a team of volunteer photographers, thereby creating a record of the changing face of the selected locations all over Ireland.

For further information on the Lawrence Photographic Project, read all about it on our NLI Blog.

Date: Tuesday, 4 September 1990 at 10:45 (weather conditions - sunshine)

NLI Ref.: LPP_31/5

Main Street, Belturbet, Co. Cavan, 1990

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:05:58 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

Taken by photographer, Eugene Clerkin, who reported that there was a Town Festival in progress on this day. Let the battle of car identification commence...

You can compare this view of Belturbet with its companion photo taken approximately 100 years earlier as part of the Lawrence Photographic Project 1990/1991, where one thousand photographs from the Lawrence Collection in the National Library of Ireland were replicated a hundred years later by a team of volunteer photographers, thereby creating a record of the changing face of the selected locations all over Ireland.

For further information on the Lawrence Photographic Project, read all about it on our NLI Blog.

Date: Sunday, 5 August 1990 at 16:15 (weather conditions - cloudy)

NLI Ref.: LPP_15A/4

Shortis's Shop and Bar

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sat, 05 May 2012 09:23:17 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

Looks as if you could buy almost anything from this shop and bar in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry at the corner of Main Street and Cliff Road. It's a pub now.

Our thanks to 3.1415926535 for this and this contemporary view of Shortis's pub as it is now.

Thanks to DannyM8 for doing some digging on the Shortis family in the 1901 and 1911 census.

This was the Shortis family in 1901, with father and mother William and Annie, both aged 32 and described as General Merchant and Publican and Wife of a Merchant respectively.

Matters took a sad turn for the Shortis family in 1905 however. DannyM8 reports:
"Annie Died in Childbirth 1905

William Shortis, Born: 1869, From Carrick on Suir, Co Tipperary, Married to Annie Browne Died: 1905, 'Died of 'Broken heart', leaving 5 children with no parents. Occupation: Manager of Lartigue railway. Exported Cashen salmon to Harrods in London, England. Reference: He built Shortis's bar and lodge in Ballybunnion, Co Kerry."
The Census of 1911 sees William and Annie Shortis replaced by Norah and Mary Brown, sisters and Aunts to the Shortis children.

DannyM8 also found out that Patrick Shortis, aged 8 in 1901, was at All Hallows, Drumcondra, Dublin in 1911 aged 18, and described as a Student of Theology Undergraduate (aka a priest in training?), and provides a follow-up to Patrick Shortis's story:
"Patrick Shortis and Daniel Scanlon both lost their lives in the fight for independence and were honoured by the North Kerry branch of Republican Sinn Fein.
Patrick Shortis fought at the GPO in 1916 and was killed with the O'Rahilly on an assault on the Rotunda while Daniel Scanlon lost his life in Ballybunion in 1917 while on active duty against occupied forces."

stephen Kelleghan added further Shortis family information:
"There was also a Dr. Liam Shortis from Ballybunion was in Tintown during the Civil war as a Republican prisoner, hes mentioned in Mossie Harnetts book called "Victory & Woe" page 156, he was a brother of Patrick Shortis, he was released in 1924 became a eye specialist and passed away in the 50s."

Really delighted that slimdandy was inspired to apply his artistic skills to this photo. He said:
"This is what Heaven is to me. A dry goods store (because I can't take anything with me when I go), with a Bar in the back and a nice room upstairs. All needs met."

Date: Circa 1901

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_06701

April 27, 1961

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:09:45 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

Main Street in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, with more Morris Minors than you could shake a stick at. Thanks to Niall McAuley for confirming location and providing us with a Street View.

Date: Thursday, 27 April 1961

NLI Ref.: ODEA 25/49

Born to Run

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:47:36 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

This is Patrick Street, Cork (or Pana, as a colleague who hails from the Real Capital of Ireland calls it).

We said that any and all ideas as to where this woman was running from or running to would be gratefully accepted! Best (so far) is from John Spooner who said:
"It's not a woman, but a man in women's clothing who has just used this disguise to rob a bank. She/He is desperately trying to escape the clutches of justice, and, not being completely au fait with how the new electric trams work, is about to hijack the tram and demand that it takes her/him to foreign parts."

And thanks to Niall McAuley for helping us to more accurately date this photo. Niall found that there was an International Exhibition in Cork in 1902. And the largest flag in this photo is seen gaily waving in this Mitchell and Kenyon 1902 Cork film.

Date: Circa 1902

NLI Ref.: L_CAB_00495

Unknown unknown is now a known known

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:07:09 -0800

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

Thought that identifying this market square would be a bit of challenge, but not so.

The square was identified in under 12 hours as the Market Square, Castletownbere, Co. Cork.

This is the second photo from our Fergus O'Connor Collection to have its location established here on our Flickr stream. Brace yourselves for another O'Connor photo at an unknown (for the moment!) location soon!

See the comments below for an example of NLI Flickr detection at its finest... Oh, and while we may not have an exact date (yet!), thanks to Woesinger we know that the market was, and still is, held on the first Thursday of every month.

Date: Circa 1900

NLI Ref.: OCO 2

Cheers! James and Fred at Furey's Pub...

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:26:26 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

This is James P. O'Dea (left) and Fred McDonagh raising a glass at a pub in Moyvalley, Co. Kildare. By the looks of the CIÉ logo on Fred's jacket, he was one of the many railway workers all over Ireland, who would have known James very well.

Originally, we just knew the railwayman as Fred, but his grandson Traingraham identified him as Fred McDonagh, who lived in the station in Moyvalley till he died on 7 July 1977.

A couple of commenters have suggested that this was Furey's Pub in Moyvalley.

James O'Dea was the photographer responsible for many of the train and railway photos you'll see here on our photostream. He was a founding member of the Irish Railway Records Society in 1946. James was also nephew of the famous Dublin comedian and entertainer, Jimmy O'Dea.

Date: Wednesday, 23 August 1961

NLI Ref.: ODEA27/19

May 7, 1905

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Mon, 16 May 2011 13:37:25 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

The Saratoga, Woodstown, Co. Waterford.

Date: Sunday, 7 May 1905

NLI Ref.: P_WP_0507