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-Off Marketing- by Helen Allingham
-Off Marketing- by Helen Allingham
Helen Allingham watercolour of a typical Victorian rural cottage in the south of England. Woman with basket is opening the gate at the end of the path to the cottage, while in conversation with a female figure at the front door.
The Helen Allingham Society
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Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
Colour photograph of the front exterior of Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney, Australia. In the 17th century, it was also a holding-place for convicts deported from the British Isles. By the 19th century, it was the first stop for women emigrants before going on to be hired as domestics and farm hands in greater New South Wales. It was here that the Irish workhouse orphan girls stayed.
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Memorial to the Irish Orphan Girls, Sydney, Australia
Memorial to the Irish Orphan Girls, Sydney, Australia
Memorial wall dedicated to the Irish Famine orphan girls who came to Australia under a government emigration scheme 1848-1850. The wall is red-brick, half of a table is set into it, and a bowl sits on the table. The names of the orphan girls are inscribed on a glass panel fixed to the wall. This memorial is at Hyde Park Barracks, in Sydney, where emigrants to New South Wales were first accommodated before employment
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Sir James Caldwell 1720-1784
Sir James Caldwell 1720-1784
Black and white photo of a portrait of Sir James Caldwell Barton. The subject is shown holding a letter and wearing a wig fashionable in the 18th century. James Caldwell was a wealthy landowner in the Ballyshannon area, and a neighbour of the Barton family.
Ballyshannon. Sir James Caldwell. Barton family
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Richard Twiss visits Ballyshannon 1775
Richard Twiss visits Ballyshannon 1775
Two pages from "A Tour In Ireland in 1775" by Richard Twiss. He describes the Salmon-leap at Ballyshannon.
Donegal County Library
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Hiring Female Emigrants at Hyde Park Barracks
Hiring Female Emigrants at Hyde Park Barracks
Newspaper illustration showing three scenes related to the hiring of Irish female emigrants to Australia; in the first sketch, prospective employees mingle with the emigrants. In the second, the hired girls sign their contracts. the third sketch shows two emigrant girls, possibly sisters, embracing sorrowfully as they say goodbye.
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The Salmon-leap Ballyshannon 1775
The Salmon-leap Ballyshannon 1775
Original sketch of the Salmon-leap at Ballyshannon from a book on Ireland in 1775 by Richard Twiss
Donegal County Library
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Map showing Shannon-Erne Waterway
Map showing Shannon-Erne Waterway
A map of the canals and waterways of Ireland showing the Shannon- Erne waterway, the Ballinamore and Ulster Canals
John B Cunningham
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Thomas Connolly deed of conveyance 1897
Thomas Connolly deed of conveyance 1897
Two pages of original 1897 document conveyancing lands in the townland of Carrickboy Ballyshannon from the landowner Thomas Connolly to Edward Flanagan and James Moohan. First page is a map of the area; the second page gives the terms of any future tenancies noting exceptions to fishery rights, and signed by John Ross, Judge of the Chancery, and other court officials.
Copyright Donegal County Archives
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Pages from the Dublin Corporation Diary 1904
Pages from the Dublin Corporation Diary 1904
Pages from the Dublin Corporation Diary 1904, title page and page referring to telephone lines and contacts for the Corporation Offices
© Dublin City Archives