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Cahirsiveen Church
Cahirsiveen Church
Postcard message with an interesting snippet of contemporary history. The sender observes that both the public library and the workhouse were occupied by the military at the time the postcard was sent. She is clearly not enamoured with Cahirsiveen even though she is obviously a frequent visitor. She says "I expect it is the same dirty old place all the time".
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Day Place and Dominican Church,Tralee
Day Place and Dominican Church,Tralee
Postcard from photograph of Tralee at the turn of the 19th century.It features the Dominican Church opened in 1871 and the adjoining Day Place built in 1805 as a speculative venture by local-born judgeRobert Day(1745-1841). It captures a summers day in Tralee with a solitary walker taking the middle of the road unimpeded by traffic of any kind
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Nelson Street,Tralee
Nelson Street,Tralee
Postcard photograph of Nelson Street (later renamed Ashe Street after Kerry patriot Thomas Ashe)taken about 1900. The photogragher has attracted a crowd of rapt onlookers indicating that photography was still a novelty in Tralee.The onlookers add a fascinating and informative dimension to the photograph a hundred years on.It is clear the photographer was happy to have them included The street remains the same today except for the clump of trees in the background which is now a road. One of the town's notable buildings,Tralee Court House lies hidden from view on the right hand side.
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The Cloisters,Muckross Abbey,Killarney
The Cloisters,Muckross Abbey,Killarney
This particular postcard was sent by an English visitor in 1907.It features the cloisters of Muckross Abbey consisting of a quadrangle of arches,enclosing a square in the centre of which stands the great yew tree,said to be as old as yhe Abbey itself. It is a striking postcard much as the original itself is to this day.
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Town Park,Tralee
Town Park,Tralee
This is a postcard which illustrates the value of photography in capturing areas that no longer exist. The "Green" or "the Bowling Green" was the preserve of the upper classes prior to its purchase by Tralee Urban Council in 1922. The Lodge still stands but the area where the two boys study the cameraman forms part of Denny St. The pathway leads into the Town Park proper.
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Lartigue Railway Ballybunion Colour Postcard
Lartigue Railway Ballybunion Colour Postcard
The Lartigue Railway linking Listowel and the seaside resort of Ballybunion ran from 1888-1924.
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Nelson Street,Tralee 1908
Nelson Street,Tralee 1908
This second photogaph offers a number of contrasts and changes to the earlier postcard. It is perhaps ten years later.The townsmen,except for the young boys,show very little interest in the photographer.Indeed they appear to show no interest at all. The sender of the photograph refers to "Mr Donkey and cart standing in the street" The barrels of porter were a common feature of the town in 1908 and for many years later. The trees attached to the Church of Ireland presbytery are now enclosed by a wall which stood until recent times
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Nelson's Pillar, GPO Dublin
Nelson's Pillar, GPO Dublin
Colour postcard of General Post Office & Nelson's Pillar, O'Connell Street
Reproduced by kind permission of Linen Hall Library Postcard Archive
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Dinis Island,Killarney
Dinis Island,Killarney
..A tropical and luxuriant scene where "flourish palms,bamboos,magnolias azaleas hydrangeas and the New zealand flax-not to mention great Osmunda ferns-in the loveliest imaginable surroundings". This is an extract from the very many tourist guide books which date back to the early 19th century.
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Innisfallen island,Killarney
Innisfallen island,Killarney
Described by a 12th century monk as "a paradise-like place"Innisfallen is situated in the middle of Loch Lein not far from Ross Castle. A monastery was founded there in the 7th century and some of the historical chronicles known as The Annals of Innisfallen were compiled on the island.