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Roscommon - St. Vincent's Street
Roscommon - St. Vincent's Street
This, as the card states on the back is "a real photograph" sepia in colour, and is taken to get full advantage of the expanse of the road to the County Home and Mote Park, as it fades into the distance. The building in the left foreground, is rather interestingly using every inch of wall space, to advertize it's wares. Johnston & O'Reilly's formerly owned by McDonnell's supplied spirits, cigarettes, jewellery, and hardware. O'Reilly lived in the last part of the house, with railings. The entrance to the bar is out of view on Chapel Lane. Reddington's house was next after the lane way and McGibney's had a coach builder's workshop along here also. The car on the road is possibly a hackney car. On the other side of the street, is Campbell's Pork Store.
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The Walk, Roscommon
The Walk, Roscommon
This sepia coloured photo postcard of The Walk, Roscommon was sold by Johnny Coyle's Fancy Stores in the town. The Walk, just outside the town, near the Castle, is said to be so named, as it was used by the garrisons in the Castle to exercise their horses. The fine house at right angles to the road, was that of J.P. Mulligan's. The stables attached to this house are in the right foreground. These are no longer in existence, but the house itself still stands on the same spot.
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'Nine arches' bridge in 2004
'Nine arches' bridge in 2004
The ‘Nine Arches’ viaduct in Milltown, Co.Dublin. This digital image shows how little the bridge has changed over the years. The Old Dublin Laundry chimney is still visible in the background of the picture and the bridge is used to carry the Luas over the River Dodder today.
Digital image taken for project.
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Abbey Street, Roscommon c. 1935
Abbey Street, Roscommon c. 1935
Posted from Roscommon in 1944, the sender notes that this "is the road up from the station" and that there are "3 churches, a courthouse and a library on the way". B. F. McLoughlin's hardware, general merchant's and spirit and tobacco supplier is the interesting shop, laden with baskets, buckets and brooms. He certainly seemed to embrace the new fashion of advertizing with the fine aluminium piece of street furniture for Walnut Plug & St. Bruno Flake tobaccos. The next terrace of houses, Georgian in style, sweep down towards the entrance to the Sacred Heart Church, just where the three people are chatting on the street, in the middle distance. The Masonic Lodge had its home on this street also. The second one storey house on the top right, was Curley's shop, and further along the street, where the break comes in the terrace was a stone mason's business house.
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Nine Arches Bridge, Milltown, Co.Dublin.
Nine Arches Bridge, Milltown, Co.Dublin.
The bridge, which today takes the Luas over the River Dodder Valley, was built in the nineteenth century. It was hailed at the time as a huge engineering achievement and was known locally as the Nine Arches. The bridge was made from limestone cut into blocks. The view from the postcard is one remarkably similar to an image used on the railway timetable for the Winter of 1948. The tall chimney in the background is the old Dublin laundry at Milltown. This bridge has certainly stood the test of time.
Image acquired from The Collectors' Shop, Blackrock.
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Bullock Harbour, Dalkey
Bullock Harbour, Dalkey
Bullock harbour was part of a walled town dating from about the twelfth century. The monks in St.Mary’s Abbey started off this fishing area and gradually it developed. They sent and received cargo, including fish, from the harbour. The Pilot’s Cottages visible in the postcard were built in 1807 approximately, to house the men sailing boats out to sea and towards the Dublin port. They were known as pilots.
Image acquired from The Collectors' Shop, Blackrock.
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St. Andrew's Church, Blackrock.
St. Andrew's Church, Blackrock.
St.Andrew's Church is located on Merrion Avenue and dates from 1899. The design is similar to many Early Christian Byzantine Churches and is octagonal in shape. The church, like Merrion Avenue, has a close connection with the Fitzwilliam family. It was the familys' local church and the Fifth Viscount Fitzwilliam had his children baptized in it. There was a temporary kindergarten school in the church hall from 1909 to 1931. Andrew Carnegie also bequeathed money to the church, resulting in the installation of an organ there in 1912.
Image acquired from The Collectors' Shop, Blackrock.
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Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire.
Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire.
Carlisle Pier was built between 1853 and 1859 as a result of the increased volume of traffic into the harbour. This included both people and goods. The opening of the railway link between Holyhead and London in 1848 was a significant development for the area. The Dublin Steam Packet Company started using Holyhead as its base also. They operated from Kingstown and introduced three new steamers to transport people over to Holyhead. The railway line was then extended out to Carlisle Pier making it easier for passengers to get from the ship to the train.
Image acquired from The Collectors' Shop, Blackrock.
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Town Hall, Kingstown
Town Hall, Kingstown
The Town Hall building was completed in 1880 and the cost was estimated at £13,000. The material used for the project was local granite and limestone with red and yellow dressings of sandstone. The town hall displays many of the characters of a Venetian building including circular pierced balconies and the coloured stonework. The building was completely refurbished in 1989 to meet fire standards and to combat dry rot. In 1997 the new County Hall was opened. It consisted of the new office buildings, the old Town Hall Post Office and the Harbour Masters Office. It is 90,000 square feet.
Image acquired from The Collectors' Shop, Blackrock.
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Postcard from Killarney 1944
Postcard from Killarney 1944
New Year greetings sent from College Street Killarney to Cumberland in December 1944.