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Ballyshannon Bridge: old and new
Ballyshannon Bridge: old and new
Black and white photograph of old and new Ballyshannon Bridge side by side . The photograph taken in 1946 shows the construction of the new bridge alongside the old one.
Donegal Democrat Publishers
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The New Post Office
The New Post Office
Approximately thirty years after the separate post office was established in Ireland from the Royal mail, the General Post Office or the New Post Office was built in 1814. The post office was originally situated on the north side of Dame Street. However, it has changed location due to a lack of space onto College Greene, and then on again to the west side of Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street). The building itself was designed by the famous architect, Francis Johnston. It is mainly made of granite, and is 233 feet wide, 150 feet in depth, and fifty feet high to the top of the cornice. The building was designed in an ionic classical style with its columns and Portland stone portico. The three statues in the pediment were sculpted by Edward Smith a famous sculptor of the time who also worked on the Custom House. The statues represent Hibernia, Mercury and Fidelity. The image is taken from the book the History of Dublin, by Warburton, Whitelaw & walsh, 1818.
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Cork Harbour 1840
Cork Harbour 1840
Cork Harbour has been a place of trade and travelling for centuries. It is one of the largest natural harbours in the world, with its unusual Great Island situated in the midst of the harbour. The harbour has seen many ships come and go including the Viking tall ships, the royal navies, cruise liners including the Titanic and the Lusitania, and many more. Cork harbour became widely known as a place of refuge and refuelling in the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth centuries, and early nineteenth centuries. It was also from Cork Harbour that emigrants left for a new life in America aboard the 'coffin ships' and convicts were transported to their life of exile in Australia, in the mid nineteenth century. Cork Harbour has been an important port of the Royal Navy before Ireland's independence, making Cork a great stronghold for the British Government in Ireland. Trade with other European cities was very popular in Cork Harbour especially trade with France, and butter became a huge export from Ireland across Europe from this town.
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Loading wharf on the River Liffey
Loading wharf on the River Liffey
The docks of the river Liffey were developed when it emerged that there was a need for better navigation and harbour for boats carrying goods to and from Dublin along the Liffey. Before the 1720s there was little in the way of facilities for loading on the banks of the river, however this soon changed with the developments on the banks in the 18th century. This photo was taken outside the Guinness brewery at Victoria Quay, and was probably taken in the early 20th century. It shows the loading of casks of Guinness onto the steam barges at the loading wharfs outside of the Guinness brewery. These goods would have been transported down the river to the awaiting Channel steamers and other vessels at the North Wall where they would continue their journey to England and abroad for export.
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Canal and Flyboat at Longford
Canal and Flyboat at Longford
In 1755 two canal routes were proposed to join the Shannon with Dublin. While the Grand Canal was approved for construction, a more northerly route was dismissed. However, later in the 1780s a northerly route similar to that which was previously dismissed was now permitted for construction. The exact route of the canal was not planned, which caused some problems during its construction along with the hindrance of the Grand Canal Company's objection to the northern canal joining the River Shannon via Lough Ree. The canal was finally finished in 1817 reaching the river Shannon at Clondra, Co. Longford. Despite its delay, the quality of work done on the Royal Canal was very high. A total of forty-seven locks (including the sea lock), and four major aqueducts were built to carry the canal over the rivers Ryewater, Boyne and Inny. In total, eighty-six bridges were constructed. Traffic of goods on the Royal Canal was never as good as it was on the Grand Canal and the anticipated trade from Lough Allen did not materialise. However, the passenger service was increased as hotels were built along the route and the speed of the journeys were greatly reduced when lighter "fly" boats were introduced in 1833. This illustration shows a section of the Royal Canal, with a flyboat passing under a bridge. They were hauled along by horses that ran alongside the banks of the canal at a speed of about seven miles per hour.
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Transport
Transport
Horses, coaches, sedan chairs, boats, trains, buses, trams , read Ireland's rich & colourful history of transport and infrastructure by Bernard Share.
By kind permission from Dublin City Council
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Maretimo (Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Library)
Maretimo (Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Library)
Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland
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Percy French (1854-1920)
Percy French (1854-1920)
Black and white photograph of songwriter, poet and artist Percy French
Dulra, Baile Ui Chonaill, an Falcarrach
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Cork tram
Cork tram
A photograph from the Lawrence collection of a tram in Cork City.
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Baldonnel Aerodrome before 1928
Baldonnel Aerodrome before 1928
Aerial photograph of Baldonnel before 1928, the year the Bremen took off on its trans-atlantic flight.
By kind permission of the Photographic Section of the Irish Air Corps, Baldonnel