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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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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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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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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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Railway Station,Killarney
Railway Station,Killarney
On the left is the Great Southern Hotel and on the right is the Railway Station. The postcard captures an old world scene where various modes of local transport await the arrival of the train. The Great Southern and Western Railway opened in 1853 and the Great Southern Hotel was opened in 1854.
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St.Mary's Church,Dingle
St.Mary's Church,Dingle
Churhes were a popular subject for postcards. This is St.Marys Church in Dingle built in 1807. Posted to New York,the sender places the message on the front-"where I go to pray every Sunday"
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New Bridge,Kenmare,Co.Kerry
New Bridge,Kenmare,Co.Kerry
This is an example of a postcard supplying historical local information. It seems very likely this photograph was taken at the opening of the new bridge in Kenmare in the 1930s. The original Kenmare Suspension Suspension Bridge opened in 1841 was declared unsafe in 1932 and replaced by this bridge. The postcard show local dignatories assembling for the occasion
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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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Lawrence's photographic studio
Lawrence's photographic studio
William Lawrence's photographic studio was situated in a prime location ,across the road from the GPO in Sackville street (now O'Connell Street)
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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".