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Monkstown Church
Monkstown Church
The present church in Monkstown dates from 1831 and is the fifth parish church. It is a striking design with notable features like loop windows (arrow slits) and clasping buttresses. The previous church on the same site was deemed too small to serve the congregation after its completion in 1789. The church has attracted varying comments on its design over the years. The Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette declared the design to be ‘an imposing piece of architecture'. Improvements have been made to the church since it was built, for example, the new chancel built in 1862.
Image acquired from The Collectors' Shop, Blackrock.
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Commemorative stamp and message
Commemorative stamp and message
This postcard was sent from Loreto Abbey in Rathfarnham to St.Louis Convent in Monaghan. The correspondence is between two nuns and is one of many postcards sent between the two institutions. The stamp was issued in 1944 to commemorate the tercentenary of the death of a lay brother called Michael O’Cleary, one of the historians who compiled the ‘Annals of the Four Masters’.
Image acquired from The Collectors' Shop, Blackrock.
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Monkstown Church today
Monkstown Church today
This digital camera image shows Monkstown Church as it is in 2004. The image, when compared with the postcard from 1906, shows how little the building has changed. It was built in 1831 and has attracted attention, over the years, because of its striking, unique design. Improvements have been made to the building since but it remains true to its original design. John Semple designed the church.
Digital image taken for project.
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Eucharistic Congress 1932.
Eucharistic Congress 1932.
The Eucharistic Congress was held in Ireland in 1932. The Papal Legate, Lorenzo Cardinal Lauri travelled from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire. 20,000 people attended a Garden Party in the grounds of Blackrock College as part of the celebrations. The place was decorated with flowers, congress banners and Papal flags were displayed everywhere. This was a significant event in Irish history and there were many souvenir postcards produced.
Image acquired from The Collectors' Shop, Blackrock.
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Ireland’s biodiversity is rich and varied
Ireland’s biodiversity is rich and varied
The Dingle Dolphin named Fungi, has become a firm favourite with locals and tourists. The young bottle-nosed dolphin has been around our shores since 1984.
Copyright Mike Brown
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Dromore Castle,Kenmare
Dromore Castle,Kenmare
Described as "an impossible structure of castellated character" it presents a haunting image to the passer-by and its appeal as a subject for a postcard is readily understandable. It was built in the 1830s for Rev. Denis Mahony and remained in family hands until recent times. A song "The Castle of Dromore" was written about it.
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Sneem Bridge,co.Kerry
Sneem Bridge,co.Kerry
Postcard from the Lawrence Collection (1890-1910).A century on ,this view is still intact.The bridge still stands and the building by the side of the bridge remains unchanged. Sneem is one of the most attractive and well-kept villages in Ireland and has won the National tidy towns Competition on a number of occasions.
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The copper mines,Killarney
The copper mines,Killarney
This is an example of an embellished postcard giving a romanticised view of the copper mines in Muckross,Killarney. After being first used in pre-historic times ,it was reopened in 1749-54 and attracted the noted 18th century author,Rudolph Erich Raspe as manager.
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Photograph of William Lawrence
Photograph of William Lawrence
William Mervyn Lawrence (1840-1932) and his wife Fanny Henrietta.William Lawrence opened a photographic studio in his mother's toy and fancy good shop in what was then,Sackville street.Over the period 1880-1914 he oversaw a photograhic collection which eventually amounted to 40,000 photographs.He expanded his business in the 1890s when postcards were first allowed to be sent without envelopes and thrived for many years with that genre.
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Cahernane house,Killarney
Cahernane house,Killarney
The Big House is a regular choice for postcard throughout Kerry County Library's Collection. It offers a glimpse of the lives and lifestyle of the landed gentry. In the case of Cahernane House it has been associated with Florence MacCarthy Mór and the Herbert family.The original building dates back to 1684.Itwas rebuilt in 1877 It has been a hotel for some time.
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