Pony and Trap, Blanchardstown Village
A photo of Main Street, looking north, Blanchardstown Village. A pony and trap can be seen in the foreground. The photo dates from around 1900.
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Pony and Trap, Blanchardstown Village
A photo of Main Street, looking north, Blanchardstown Village. A pony and trap can be seen in the foreground. The photo dates from around 1900.
Courtesy of Fingal County LibrariesThis is how Main Street, Blanchardstown Village, looked in 1900.
Unlike today, there are no cars or buses to be seen.
Can you see the pony and trap on the road? This was a common form of transport at the time.
What other forms of transport do you think people used in the early twentieth century?
RIC Station, Blanchardstown
A photo of the Royal Irish Constabulary station in Blanchardstown, dating from the early 1920s. The building was blown up in 1922. It was later rebuilt as Connolly Hall.
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RIC Station, Blanchardstown
A photo of the Royal Irish Constabulary station in Blanchardstown, dating from the early 1920s. The building was blown up in 1922. It was later rebuilt as Connolly Hall.
Courtesy of Fingal County LibrariesThis is a photograph of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) station on Main Street, Blanchardstown.
The RIC were the Irish police force outside Dublin before Ireland gained independence from England in 1922.
The photograph dates from the 1920s. The building was blown up in 1922.
Later, Connolly Hall was built on the site.
O'Reilly's Victuallers, Blanchardstown
A photo of O'Reilly's Victuallers, a shop in Blanchardstown, taken in the 1930s. 'Victuals' is a word that was commonly used in the past to refer to food or provisions.
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O'Reilly's Victuallers, Blanchardstown
A photo of O'Reilly's Victuallers, a shop in Blanchardstown, taken in the 1930s. 'Victuals' is a word that was commonly used in the past to refer to food or provisions.
Courtesy of Fingal County LibrariesThis is a photograph of O'Reilly's Victuallers taken in the 1930's.
'Victuals' is an old word that means foods or provisions.
As you can see from the image, there is a lot of meat hanging up outside the shop.
Can you see any differences between this shop and the shops people use today?
Donnelly's Public House, Navan Road
A 1970s photo of Donnelly's Public House on the Navan Road near Blanchardstown.
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Donnelly's Public House, Navan Road
A 1970s photo of Donnelly's Public House on the Navan Road near Blanchardstown.
Courtesy of Fingal County LibrariesThis is a photo of Donnelly's Public House, which was located on the Navan Road near Blanchardstown. It was previously called Railway House.
It became disused as a public house and was demolished to make way for the building of the Talbot Court residential estate.