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

That's some back garden...

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:24:27 -0700

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… at least, I'm assuming that's the back garden of Bantry House in Cork, with the "front garden" swooping down to the bay.

Date: Circa 1895??

NLI Ref.: L_CAB_04858

The Barracks, Cork

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:18:49 -0700

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This is Victoria Barracks (now Collins Barracks) in Cork. Nice selection of uniforms, and I'm hoping that the helmet/cap insignias can identify the regiment, and hence maybe the approximate date of this photo.

Date: 1897

NLI Ref.: L_CAB_02797

The Boys of Ballydehob

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:44:14 -0700

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Love this line up of men, boys, donkeys and dog outside Ballydehob in Co. Cork!

The dog owner is absolutely ensuring that his dog is recorded for posterity by holding the dog immobile. Amazingly Donkey #1 is also holding his pose perfectly face on to the camera, while Donkey #2 is adamant that his best side is captured.

And what's going on with the boy at extreme right - singing? reciting? yawning?

Date: Circa 1899-1910 (thanks derangedlemur and Tin of beans)

NLI Ref.: OCO 347

Queen's Square, Fermoy, Co. Cork

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 00:55:09 -0700

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Grand vista of a rather grand square in Cork - Queen's Square in Fermoy. It's not often that we can make out almost every business in a photograph (although things go a little pear-shaped on the right-hand side of the square).

By my reckoning (l. to r.) we have:
Public Bakery; T. Mannix; Daniels; Quinlan; J. Punch & Co.; Tylers Ltd.; A.N. Other; D. Hayes; B. Greer?; T. Fox; O'Brien; W. Eager / National Hotel; Royal Hotel; Afew A.N.Others; R.B. Baker Bicycle Shop...

Date: Circa 1890s?

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_00062

When the boat comes in...

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:59:50 -0700

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This pier should be somewhere near our Telegraph and Post Office at Adrigole in West Cork. Hoping that Peg of Peg's Shop in Adrigole (via Bearaboy) may have some information about this one too…

Date: 1906-1917

NLI Ref.: OCO 276

The London Clown Cricketers are coming!

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:49:50 -0800

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Knew there was no way we couldn't date this - how often did the London Clown Cricketers come to the Munster Hall and Mardyke Cricket Ground? (At the very least thought there'd be newspaper reports of mothers locking up their daughters!)

Thanks to DannyM8 for pointing out Ger Siggins' excellent account of the Clown Cricketers at Lansdowne Road in Dublin (from Lansdowne Road: the stadium, the matches, the greatest days) and to John Spooner for his newspaper searching. It looks as if the Clown Cricketers played Cork on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th August 1874. So, I hereby declare this one August 1874!

Date: August 1874

NLI Ref.: STP_1802

Curves in Cork

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:08:51 -0800

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Chose this curvy photo of the railway station in Cork for the bewildering multiplicity of signage. Most scenes in our early photos are blissfully uncluttered, but not this one!

Also chose it because it has a clock clearly displaying the time (like a moth to a flame), and the advertising posters are fab (technical term). However, think the adverts contain a first on our Flickr stream, unless of course you know different - Earth Closets!

Also wonder what happened ladies who got confused or were short-sighted and wandered into the Ladies First Class Room rather than Ladies Third Class Room?

Date: After 2 February 1893

NLI Ref.: L_NS_00149

Sidings at Maynooth? No - it's Cork!

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 01:10:50 -0800

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Shome mishtake shurely?

This was described in our catalogue as Up mail & 6.15 Sligo crossing up overload in refuge siding, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Wasn't at all convinced that Maynooth really had a big siding area like this? Thanks to some of our usual suspects below for locating this one a good few counties away from Kildare in Cork!

Date: Monday, 17 April 1967

NLI Ref.: ODEA 44/2

Fire Engine No. 9 or Dust Cart no. 9?

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:17:40 -0800

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This is the long vista of the South Mall in Cork.

Is this a really early fire engine filling up from a hydrant? Or is there another explanation why No. 9 needed water?

Date: 1871-1883

NLI Ref.: STP_0972

Home & Foreign Fruits (at no. 48)

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:39:33 -0800

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A lovely high view of King Street (now MacCurtain Street) in Cork. Where was the high point from which this photo was taken?

I hope that the unusually situated dog in this photo will satisfy those of you who requested a canine component in our Flickr offering - this means you, DannyM8!

Date: Circa 1900?

NLI Ref.: L_NS_00115

Wheeeeee

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:20:51 -0800

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All-action photo for you this morning! This is the water chute erected on the River Lee for the Cork Exhibition in 1902/03.

Would love more information on the Cork Exhibition; more exact date; location of the chute (all the usual suspects)...

Date: 1 May 1902 - 31 October 1903 (surely sometime during the summer months of 1902 or 1903 given that the trees are in full leaf)

NLI Ref.: L_NS_00017

Queenstown aka Cobh

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:51:05 -0700

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Fell in love with this street scene from Cobh (Queenstown as was) because of the soldiers, but then noticed the woman further back near the side cars. Virtual prizes for any or all of you who can give a plausible explanation why she's playing a cornet/trumpet(?) in the middle of the street?

Date: 1890s??

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_02701

"... small modern church ..." = Trinity Church near Glengarriff!

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:29:35 -0700

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I guess that "modern" is a relative term. This was taken between 1860 and 1883, and is described as a "small modern church" in our catalogue. It seemed to be on a tidal estuary, but otherwise we had no clue as to where it was, until now! See comments below...

Date: 1864-1883

NLI Ref.: STP_0312

Mitchelstown Eviction

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 02:41:00 -0700

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Feeling some performance anxiety because this photo is very special - it's our 1,000th photo on Flickr Commons! However, it's also special in that it's a quite rare (we think) capture of an eviction in a town. Most that we have are in rural settings. We thought this may have been taken in September 1887 around the time of the "Mitchelstown Massacre", but as always, research here was a great help in establishing a more likely date of June 1887...

The Plan of Campaign was an attempt to gain lower rents through collective bargaining, because prices for agricultural exports had fallen dramatically in the 1880s.

Date: Circa June 1887

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_01083

H.M.S. Warspite at Queenstown, now Cobh

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 02:15:30 -0700

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Since we visited Kingstown yesterday, thought we might swing by Queenstown in Co. Cork today, now renamed Cobh.

This photo lacks the usual impeccable clarity of our Lawrence Collection photos, but thought you might be interested in it anyway. For train buffs, I think the engine has no. 89 on it...

Date: 1893-1896

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_05418

Paddy's Market, Cork City

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:53:43 -0700

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And could this be anywhere other than Cork with all those Beamish & Crawfords (at nos. 31-35 and no. 39)?

One of my favourite Lawrence market photos. We have a framed version of this up on a wall inside in the stacks here at Library Towers but as only staff get to enjoy it there, thought you might all like to see it...

Thanks to swordscookie, think this is about right for location. And great info on this website supplied by guliolopez - thanks!

Date: 1900 (wild guess, but the businesses, etc. may be a help in dating)

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_02677

Unidentified = Queen's College, Cork (now UCC)

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:28:46 -0700

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Title in our catalogue was "Unidentified". Thanks to Skink74 for identifying this lovely building as Queen's College, Cork which is now called University College Cork (UCC).

And you should have a look at how beautiful this site was as depicted on the OSI Historic Maps (thank you Niall McAuley).

Date: 1900??

NLI Ref.: L_CAB_04837

"Chapel building ... in an unknown location" = Castletownbere!

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:32:48 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

It's Fergus Friday! Another one of our "unknown location" Fergus O'Connor photos despatched with ease by our indefatigable researchers (see comments below). Thanks to them, we now know this photo was taken at Castletownbere, Co. Cork.

Date: 1908

NLI Ref.: OCO 348

Horse in a Harbour

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 05:21:48 -0700

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This was no. 11 in our "unknown location" Fergus O'Connor photos, and as you all despatched this morning's one with such ease, I added two more...

Didn't think this one would prove too difficult but it took a couple of days to identify this as Castletownbere, taken from Dinish Island...

Date: 1910?? (but definitely before 1912)

NLI Ref.: OCO 147

70 Patrick Street, Cork

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 02:19:42 -0700

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These are the premises of the legendary Guy's of Cork - photographers, stationers, and publishers of Guy's Cork Almanacs and Directories. At no. 69 to the left is Allen, a drapers perhaps as a sign in the window proclaims that they have a Ready Made Department. At no. 71 is Russell - presumably Robert Russell, aged 71 on the 1901 census: Grocer and Provision Merchant (thanks Niall McAuley).

Also interesting for dating purposes perhaps is a poster on the archway leading to the church that advertises: Meeting: New Church. Is the church in the photo the "new church"? Is the meeting to be held there or is it about a new church elsewhere? (Obviously too much to hope that there'd be a clear date on the poster!)

Date: 1863-1870

NLI Ref.: STP_1817