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

Mansion of Misery

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:32:25 -0700

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Very atmospheric photo altogether taken by Elinor Wiltshire at Dublin's Marshalsea Barracks.

Because of Little Dorrit, Marshalsea conjures up the idea of a debtors' prison for me. Is that what it originally was, does anyone know, even if it was an ex-Barracks by the time this was taken in 1969?

Date: 1969

NLI Ref.: WIL 59[7]

Portobello

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 04:38:59 -0800

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And was it 6 o'clock when Elinor Wiltshire took this photo of a tram (no. 15?) crossing the canal at Portobello in Dublin?

Date: 1941-October 1948

NLI Ref.: WIL 75[2]

Barney and Beany

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 01:21:13 -0700

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Prize for first person who got why I called this one Barney and Beany (wholly imaginary and virtual prize, but prestigious nonetheless) goes to swordscookie! See first comment below...

These two young entrepreneurs had set out their "stall" in front of St. Catherine's Church on Thomas Street in Dublin. Said this morning that it would make an old library very happy if these girls could be identified, and we've done it! Thanks to the sister of one of them, we now know these are Elizabeth or Lily Collins on the left, and her friend Angela Arnold on the right...

Date: Summer 1969

NLI Ref.: WIL 52[5]

PLUS THIS JUST IN! I found four small but priceless volumes of the Irish Motor Directory and Motorists' Annual for 1907; 1912-13; 1914-15; 1915-16 in the bowels of Library Towers. These give car and bicycle (motorbike?) registration numbers for the whole of Ireland and owner names and addresses. If any of you have a bit of time on your hands, feel free to seek out our photos with cars where the reg numbers are clearly visible, let me know about them, and I'll happily check the Directory to see if we can Name That Driver (or at least owner)!

Caution, Cat Crossing!

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:45:36 -0700

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This cat looks like master of all he surveys as he pads across Ely Place, Dublin. This has the feel of a Sunday morning photo about it, doesn't it?

Date: 1966

NLI Ref.: WIL 19[2]

Demolition

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 05:26:29 -0700

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Looks like demolition, or at least extreme gutting, of buildings on Charlotte Street, Dublin. There's a sign for Charlotte Place at the right of this photo, but I couldn't for the life of me find a trace of either still existing. Asked in anyone knew where this Dublin street was, and thanks to Irish251 for this snippet from Wikipedia's page on Dublin's Portobello area:
"Starting in the 1980s Kelly's Corner was re-developed. Old Camden Street and Charlotte Street disappeared and the ruined buildings there made way for the Camden Court Hotel. The north side of Harcourt road was developed, Stein's the opticians being the last to go in the first phase, and Gleeson's pub in the second."

Thanks also to A. P. Luckwill for this edited Google Map showing where Charlotte Street was. And decided I better do some work myself, so here's Charlotte Street on the always excellent OSI site.

MKSeery has helped out by researching the Kavanaghs on Charlotte Street in the 1911 census, and found:
"Looking at 1901 census, James Kavanagh (27) was a hair-dresser on Charlotte St. He wasn't married. He had three sisters Mary (31) Kate (29) and Ellen (17). By 1911, James married and had two daughters Ellen (3) and Martha (1).

I suppose it seems more likely that the daughters rather than the sisters became the "Kavanagh Sisters" in 1964?"

Building on MKSeery's investigation, I had a bit of a peruse in the online census and found in 1911 at 8.1 Charlotte Street, we've Ellen (3) and Martha (1). At 8.2 Charlotte Street, there's also Willie Kavanagh, a "male relative" listed as a "Hairdresser Improver" so obviously hairdressing was in the Kavanagh blood.

By 1964, Ellen and Martha would have been 56 and 54 respectively, and there may even have been other Kavanagh girls (not born in 1911) who made up the team at Kavanagh Sisters...

Waltzer found a great shot of this street in Dublin Public Libraries Vanishing Dublin set (click on Original, bottom right).

Date: 1964

NLI Ref.: WIL 1[3]

The Curious Alsatian

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:51:24 -0700

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A bunch of fascinated boys, and their equally engaged alsatian dog study something in the River Liffey at Upper Ormond Quay, Dublin.

Date: 1964

NLI Ref.: WIL 8[6]

C.I.E. Barge 37.M at Portobello

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 01:50:25 -0700

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This barge had a great audience as it made its way through the lock on the Grand Canal at Portobello, Dublin. And see here for a black and white taken within minutes of this shot.

Date: Summer 1959

NLI Ref.: WIL 77[8]

Gentlemen Only

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:53:39 -0700

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Returning to Dublin's 1932 urinals today (installed in advance of the 1932 Eucharistic Congress). Hope I'm not developing an unhealthy obsession with them. This one was on Eden Quay, Dublin, and you can just catch a glimpse of Liberty Hall behind the tree.

There are two great posters on the walls of the pissoir. One is for a Hypnosis service, advertising a free booklet from Sean M. Bourke of Casimir Avenue in Harold's Cross, Dublin. The other poster is for Listowel Races on 23rd, 24th, & 25th September 1969 with Stakes of £11,000.

Thanks to beachcomberaustralia for his Limerick inspired by this photo:
"When loitering alongside the Liffey,
You might be aware of a whiffy.
Near a Volkswagen car
There's a leaky pissoir.
Sure the footprints will dry in a jiffy."

Date: September 1969

NLI Ref.: WIL 59[5]

March 9, 1966

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:54:51 -0800

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An Evening Press newspaper seller does a brisk trade on O'Connell Street, Dublin on the day after Nelson's Pillar was blown up.

Date: Wednesday, 9 March 1966

NLI Ref.: WIL 18[12]

Goat

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:19:09 -0800

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Two girls feeding a goat that has been chained up to graze on the banks of the Grand Canal at Mespil Road in Dublin (between Baggot Street and Leeson Street Bridges). Surely a sight that you would not see today.

Date: 1964

NLI Ref.: WIL 2[11]

Soft Shoe Shuffle

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 04:14:46 -0800

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Secondhand (pre-owned!) shoe stall at Cumberland Street Market in Dublin.

swordscookie knew both of these men to see around the area of the market, but so far, we have no names for them.

Date: 1969

NLI Ref.: WIL 42[8]

Tea Time

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:48:30 -0800

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Members of either the Sheridan or O'Brien families enjoying a meal at their camp site at Loughrea, Co. Galway.

Date: May 1954

NLI Ref.: WIL k4[54]

Shadows

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:15:43 -0800

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A nun with a most remarkable (and slightly dangerous-looking) veil/head dress waiting for a bus outside the Rotunda Hospital on Parnell Street, Dublin. Cannot work out whether a clump of her own hair (unlikely) has come loose, or whether she is masking a person in front of her...

With help from people over on our NLI Facebook page, it turns out this nun was a member of the Daughters of Charity (of St. Vincent de Paul). The distinctive head dress is called a cornette, and led to this order being known as the Butterfly Nuns. The Daughters of Charity abandoned the cornette on 20 September 1964, so unless this nun was ultra-traditional and carried on wearing it regardless, then this photo must have been taken before 20 September.

This shot also allows us to view the Parnell Monument at the end of O'Connell Street from yet another angle.

Date: 1964

NLI Ref.: WIL 10[12]

Bollards

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 01:52:06 -0800

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Thought that we might revisit this interesting Dublin street corner, as these ornate ironwork bollards weren't so clear in this photo. They're lovely, and as swordscookie pointed out, they have holes in them "as though they were vents for something below ground". Any further information would be greatly appreciated!

For any of you thinking this is a load of bollards, this is also a great street shot. We're getting a much better view of the sculptural features of the Parnell Monument, including the oddly hyphenated provinces of Ireland: UL-STER, CON-NACHT, LEIN-STER, MUN-STER. There's the No. 8 bus on its way to Dalkey, passing by Forte's Cafe, a Dublin institution, and a cute but overloaded Fiat car complete with L plate, plus a snapshot of Dublin fashion in the Spring or summer of 1969. We don't have a more precise date for this photo, but wondering if those election(?) posters on the lamp post could help us...

Date: June/July 1969

NLI Ref.: WIL 50[12]

Mystery Shoppers

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:07:36 -0800

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This woman is one of the most vibrant portraits in our collections. The girl with her in the check dress appears in another Wiltshire shot, taken in Moore Street, Dublin on the same day. The basket holder to the right is held by the woman in that photo. Looks to me as if the smiling woman is a stall holder. Would love to identify either of both of these Mystery Shoppers...

Date: 1964

NLI Ref.: WIL 4[6]

Huband Bridge

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 03:13:48 -0800

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Passed this spot this morning and it looks exactly the same as when Elinor Wiltshire took this photo in late Autumn or early Winter of 1966. Today most of the trees are bare, but some are clinging onto their leaves for dear life, and there are plenty of leaves resting on the ground or floating down the canal as in this shot.

Date: Late Autumn/Early Winter 1966

NLI Ref.: WIL 24[12]

Veils

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 04:06:01 -0800

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A young nun walking Holy Communion girls past no. 3, Halston Street, Dublin on the feast of Corpus Christi. Interesting juxtaposition with the older mini-skirted local girls. The baskets were usually filled with flower petals for the girls to scatter along the way...

Thanks to Phyllis Stice over on our Facebook for allowing us to get to the exact date of 5 June 1969, from the unsatisfactory "sometime in 1969"!

Date: 5 June 1969

NLI Ref.: WIL 45[9]

Window on the world

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 04:17:53 -0700

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A couple watching the world go by from their flat on York Street, Dublin.

Date: 1954

NLI Ref.: WIL e3[54]

Pinkeens

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:24:52 -0700

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Two little guys with their father/grandfather at the pond in Herbert Park, Dublin. One has his net for catching pinkeens, but thought the other might have been controlling a model boat?

The Pergola and covered walkway just above the far side of the pond sadly fell victim to the Snowpocalypse of winter 2010/2011 and collapsed under the weight of snow and ice. That aside, if you visit Herbert Park today, this scene is completely unchanged.

Slow Loose Chippings told us that the "pond in Herbert Park was once the mill pond for the nearby Mill at Ballsbridge" and Niall McAuley provided us with a map showing that old mill pond.

P.S. "Going fishing" myself for a few days, but will be back in action at the end of the week...

Date: Summer 1969

NLI Ref.: WIL 66[3]

Danger

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:21:54 -0800

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Children under a sign designed to protect them on the Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, Dublin.

Date: 1969

NLI Ref.: WIL 53[12]