Uploads from National Library of Ireland on The Commons, tagged atlanticocean

Fastnet Rock Lighthouse, Cork

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:41:00 -0800

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

Not the usual quality of our Lawrence Collection photographs perhaps, but this can't have been an easy one to take as photographer and equipment must have been on a boat, and the sea (officially North Atlantic?) isn't exactly looking like a mill pond on this day.

Date: 1900-ish?

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_06669

Harbour on Clare Island, Co. Mayo

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 01:43:51 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

Uploading this one (a) because it's gorgeous; and (b) because it's my "Out of Office" notification. Off to Clare Island for the bank holiday weekend, and the B&B looks out on this scene, I think! Will be back in Library Towers next Wednesday, and I have a great photo lined up for ye then.

Date: 1900?? (hoping policeman's/soldier's uniform might help)

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_06775

In other news, DannyM8 recently suggested to me that ye all might be interested in the stats for our photos here on Flickr, so here goes:

Views for July 2012 = 150,472

Comments in July 2012 = 1,131

Overall views since 1 June 2011 = 1,801,302

Overall comments since June 2011 = 11,060

Pretty impressive, I think, and all down to you! I'll keep you posted on the monthly figures from now on...

Fish Curing on Clare Island

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:39:34 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

Information on this one from our catalogue:
Clare Island is in Clew Bay, Co. Mayo. The tower house in the photograph is known as Granuaile's Castle. A tower house is a medieval fortified house and was the stronghold of the O'Malley family, and it was most closely associated with Grace OMalley, the sixteenth century pirate queen who controlled a large section of the west coast. The tower house was later used as a coastguard building. Fish curing was an important industry on the island, the people at work on the beach are packing barrels with cured fish, and the barrels are stacked around the harbour. The Congested Districts Board became involved in the island in 1895 and encouraged the industry as a means to improve the local economy. This is the main harbour on the island.

beachcomberaustralia provided this link for an internal tour of Granuaile's Tower House, aka Carraigahowley or Rockfleet Castle.

Date: Circa 1897 as a starting point?
(presumably after 1891 as the CDB was set up in that year, and after 1895 as the industry looks well established?)

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_06776

Turf Boats

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:50:56 -0800

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

This photo was taken off Achill Island, Co. Mayo. Those loads of turf, never mind occasional passengers, must have taken some rowing.

Date: Circa 1900

NLI Ref.: Eas 3181