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Watersports in County Longford
County Longford is renowned for the quantitly and quality of its lakes Consequently watersports play an important role in the social and economic life of the county This section is devoted to looking ...
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The Westmeath Hunt
Introduction The earliest records of hunting in Westmeath date from circa 1690 when Bishop Dopping of Meath kept a pack of hounds at Lowtown near Killucan The hunting season began in November and ...
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Castles and Abbeys- Tintern Abbey
Castles and Abbeys- Tintern Abbey
Postcard of Tintern Abbey, New Ross, County Wexford. Founded in the 13th century by the Earl of Pembroke who was shipwrecked on the coast.
Wexford County Library
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A Little Drop of
A Little Drop of
This is a whimsical novelty postcard displaying a bottle of whiskey which has a flap containing twelve fold out photographs of Tralee. Most of the photographs are from the Lawrence Collection (1890-1910) but also include a photograph not available elsewhere in Kerry County Library's Collection. This postcard highlights how postcards can display rare and unique material.
Linen Hall Library
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Tralee Mountaineering Club
... mountains Carrauntohill at 3 414 feet is of course the highest in Ireland Mount Brandon on the Dingle Peninsula is Ireland s second highest peak It is more accessible than Carrauntohill and is a ...
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Waterford Boat Club
Waterford Boat Club was founded on the 20th May 1878 at a meeting in the Mayor s Office in City Hall chaired by Robert Dobbyn It has a proud and long history and in 2003 celebrated the 125th ...
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Seamus Mc Cabe - Ulster's Greatest Handballer
It isn t often that Monaghan leads the way in All Irelands but in the world of handball we suddenly found ourselves right at the Top and the man who put us there was a tall blonde twenty three years ...
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After the Insurrection
After the Insurrection
Black & white postcard of Bachelor's Walk & Lower Sackville Street, Dublin after the 1916 Easter Rising
Reproduced by kind permission of Linen Hall Library Postcard Archive
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'Divided back 'era 1
'Divided back 'era 1
The rules on this postcard stated that the back could be used for writing messages too, but only for inland post. Postcards being sent abroad could still only have the address on the back. The ‘divided back' era began in Britain and Ireland in 1902 with the above limitations.
Image acquired from The Collectors' Shop, Blackrock.
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Wexford Hurling
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