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Vartry Reservoir, Stillorgan.
Vartry Reservoir, Stillorgan.
Vartry Reservoir came into existence in 1863, when the water from the upper catchment area of the river was deflected into the Roundwood Reservoir. Sir John Gray, Chairman of the Waterworks Committee was responsible for promoting the scheme. It resulted in a huge improvement in the sanitary conditions of the day. About 85,000 cubic metres of pure water were delivered to the city daily.
Image acquired from The Collectors' Shop, Blackrock.
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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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Lower George's Street, Kingstown
Lower George's Street, Kingstown
Postcards often provide valuable information about changing street scenes. This view of Lower George’s Street illustrates two shops in particular. P.J.Hand’s was a confectionery shop and Watsons’ was a boot market when this postcard was made. Further down the street it is possible to pick out Findlaters’ store with the distinctive clock outside.
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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O'Connell Memorial Church,Cahirsiveen
O'Connell Memorial Church,Cahirsiveen
Lawrence photograph of Cahirsiveen Church.Although the Lawrence Collection was taken between 1890 and 1910 the message on the back indicates that the postcard was sent in the 1920s as it provides some interesting contemperory and now historical information telling the addressee that the library and the workhouse were then occupied by the military.The sender of the postcard is clearly familiar with Cahirsiveen from the past and is not too impressed. She tells her Aunt Julia that it is "the same dirty old place all the time".
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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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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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Milton crest postcard
Milton crest postcard
Postcard produced by Woolstone Brothers in London. Their trademark crest is on the back of the postcard and it is a girl’s head in black and white with the words ‘Trademark Milton’. They also used a harp emblem on the front of their postcards to distinguish them from other publishers at the time.
Donated by Seamus Kearns (postcard collector)
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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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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.