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The Rectory, Roscommon
The Rectory, Roscommon
Posted from Roscommon to England, on the 24th of December 1904, at a cost of a half penny, it would indeed be a miracle if it reached Somerset on time with it's Christmas greetings! The sepia tinted photo of the pretty Rectory, in Abbeytown with it's white picket fence and mature well kept gardens is alas no longer with us. It was demolished to make way for a new development of houses.
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Main Street, Castlerea
Main Street, Castlerea
This tinted photo postcard was posted from Castlerea to England in 1910. The McCormack "commercial and family" hotel is the first building on the right. The two sisters who ran this establishment, Kate and Delia, were still running the family business in the late 1940's. The ochre coloured building at the end of the block, on the right of the image is now Tully's Hotel. Charles Stewart Parnell, used the windows of this building, from which to make political speeches, when he visited Castlerea. In the left foreground is Winstons, next door is Byrons Drapery and the third building is that of the Mount Sandford Arms Hotel. After the break in the road, is the National Bank, the building with the porthole in the gable, which later became the Bank of Ireland.
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Church of Sacred Heart, Roscommon
Church of Sacred Heart, Roscommon
A black and white photo postccard (on dull paper) of the RC Sacred Heart Church Abbey Street, Roscommon, complete with it's clock and it's final tower. The image was taken post 1916 as that is when the additions were made. It is a winter Sunday morning and the faithful are leaving the church after Mass, some delaying outside the gates to exchange stories. All are dressed in their "Sunday best", and the priest in the centre of the gate is fully attired with a soutane and hat.
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Upper Bridge Street, Boyle
Upper Bridge Street, Boyle
This view of Upper Bridge Street, Boyle is a black and white photo postcard taken by P.C. Photo Great Britain. The Clock Tower dominates the foreground. The Abbey Cinema, refurbished in 1939 can be seen as the second building on the left with the round doorway, now Kelly's Pound Shop. The Ford Anglia is slowly making it's way up a somewhat improved road, and the bicycle, parked in the top left foreground of the picture, shows that the horse and cart, still in evidence, was beginning to be replaced as the chief mode of transport.
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Church of the Sacred Heart, Roscommon
Church of the Sacred Heart, Roscommon
The Sacred Heart Church, Abbey Street, Roscommon was just over a decade old when Lawrence took this photograph. It was dedicated in 1903, and had yet to acquire the clock on its third-stage tower (1915) and spire on its fifth-stage tower and cross (1915/16). It was designed in an ornate Gothic style, with the central rose window displaying the best of Venetian art by the firm of Salviati. It was built of local cut stone and is fronted by a sunken grotto. Two of the stone piers, with cast iron gate and railing, can be seen to the foreground of the picture. This card is colour tinted, and was posted in 1907 from Roscommon to Dublin. The message on the reverse noted that the train journey from Roscommon to Dublin would take 4 hours and 35 minutes. A marathon undertaking!
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Roscommon Castle, Ireland
Roscommon Castle, Ireland
This autumnal view of Roscommon Castle with trees, shows the ivy making inroads into the further destruction of this once magnificant fortress. It was posted in England in 1910. From the script on the reverse, we learn that Kitty (the Sender) was not so nice to know. Having participated in burning an effigy of one Mrs. Langdon for adulterous behaviour, she was then involved in the stoning of her partner in crime. Charming!
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John Delaney's Castlerea
John Delaney's Castlerea
This postcard shows John Delaney's Grocery and Spirit Dealer. He was also a tea, hardware and seed merchant. The man in the doorway is John Delaney, whilst the lady standing outside the residential side of the house, is Mrs. Fahy of the bakery with the same name. The boy standing beside her is John's son, later to become a doctor. Donated by Anthony Touhy, Main Street, Castlerea
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Saint Patrick's Street, Castlerea
Saint Patrick's Street, Castlerea
This black and white card was posted from Castlerea to England, in 1947 and is a Woolstone production. Possibly taken in the thirties, the view looking up towards Main Street, from the Railway Station side, is of an era when there was no hurry on the streets. William Fleming Grocer and Spirit dealers, in left foreground, was established here in 1927 as he is listed in "The Irish Directory and Gazetteer" that year. Electricity had not yet reached the town, and the poles are those of the telegraph company. The church in the right foreground, is a portion of St. Patrick's Church, still in its infancy on the street.
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The Courthouse, Roscommon
The Courthouse, Roscommon
The Courthouse, Roscommon, built in 1832 for the sum of £8,752.00 was described by Isaac Weld in his Statistical Survey of Roscommon, as follows " a new courthouse upon a very commodiuos plan, has been latterly erected in Roscommon, which was not yet entirely completed in all its parts when I visited the place" The well proportioned front facade and elaborate entrance way are Doric in style, and face toward a large enclosed area common to the courthouse and New Gaol. The cupola and stonework are among the striking features of the building. The coat of arms, over the three bay breakfront is the "Lion and Unicorn". In 1922 hundreds of rounds of ammunition were fired at it, to shouts of "Three Cheers for the Free State"! A major fire caused extensive damage to it and also to sixteen dwelling houses in nearby Abbey Street, in June 1882. The Grand Jury restored it, and the building as it is captured by the photographer at the turn of the 20th century is a blend of the earlier building of the 1830's with the more modern reconstruction of the 1880's. The white building peeping out of the front right is the New Gaol.
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The Convent, Roscommon
The Convent, Roscommon
The scene caught on camera by William Lawrence in the early 1900's shows the west facing aspect of the convent and chapel in Roscommon town. The detached two storey building in the middle of the card was later adjoined to the main complex, which included an individual school and laundry. The foundation stone of the chapel was laid in 1859, and was completed in 1861. The tower alas is no longer part of the Convent. The three story building in the background is the Primary school and is actually on the other side of the road, on land adjoining the Sacred Heart Church. This is just visible in the right background of the image, with its four stage tower.