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

Blackall and McDonagh

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:41:19 -0700

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We had no idea where this was, so many thanks to Leonard Bentley for identifying it as St. Mary's Church, Athenry, Co. Galway!

It first caught my attention because of the D.I.Y. "High Cross" at bottom right, which you can see here in all its glory...

Date: 1860-1869

NLI Ref.: STP_1691

D.I.Y. High Cross

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 00:41:19 -0700

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Bizarre construction altogether that can be seen here too. Did the plinth operate as a market stall?

We had no idea where this was, so many thanks to Leonard Bentley for identifying it as being beside St. Mary's Church, Athenry, Co. Galway!

My heartfelt thanks to whoever ripped off the guts of that auction poster which probably had lots of lovely location and dating information!

Date: 1860-1869

NLI Ref.: STP_1690

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

Pig Fair, Edenderry

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:31:00 -0800

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How could none of you tell me that we'd been sorely neglecting Co. Offaly? So here's the pig fair at Edenderry, Co. Offaly or (King's County, as was).

Difficult to make out the time from the clock, but the previous shot in this sequence was taken at 10:02, so I think by squinting, it looks as if this photo was taken at 10:05(ish).

Some of the shop names are clearer in the companion shot, so will add notes on each asap...

Date: 1910?

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_10684

Market Square, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, late 19th century

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:03:32 -0700

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This photo was taken in the late 19th century, probably by Robert French, chief photographer of William Lawrence Photographic Studios of Dublin. It features a laughing, or at least smiling, policeman!

Compare this view of Bagenalstown with its companion photo taken by photographer Padraig J. Laffan (approximately 100 years later) 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: 1900?

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_10417

Market Square, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow, 1991

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Tue, 22 May 2012 23:55:34 -0700

National Library of Ireland on The Commons posted a photo:

Taken by photographer, Padraig J. Laffan, who noted: "Catholic Church is on left where tress are, building in distance (Clerys) now gone."

You can compare this view of Bagenalstown 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.

The photographer recorded conditions as cloudy, but bright.

Date: Thursday, 16 May 1991 at 16:05

NLI Ref.: LPP_77/21A

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

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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

Market Square, Moville, Co. Donegal

nobody@flickr.com (National Library of Ireland on The Commons) — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:41:28 -0700

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Uploading this as Joefuz asked for more Donegal photos, and specifically of Moville. We had quite a few, but couldn't resist this one for the young fella in the middle striking the weirdest pose ever...

Is that a gas lamp in the middle of the square that might help us date this one?

Date: Circa 1907?

NLI Ref.: L_ROY_01433