Towns and Villages

The Lawrence Collection is the best provider of postcards for the towns and villages Of County Kerry in the late 19th and early 20th century.

What we now recognise as historical photographs were of course contemporary. The postcards featured here were created in the early 1900s.

Gallery

Cahirsiveen and Valentia Island

A wide angle view of Cahirsiveen town with Valentia Island in the background. The postcard was sent to New York and the message reads "lovely scene from the hill above town where our tent was pitched.Quite warm here today but not real hot"

Cahirsiveen and Valentia Island -

Kenmare,co.Kerry

The photographer is poised at the right moment to capture the arrival of a full coach to what is probably a Fair Day in Kenmare. As usual with street scenes inthe Lawrence Collection the photographer positions himself in the middle of the street. The photograph presents a sense of the animation and activity of the moment.

Kenmare,co.Kerry -

William street,Listowel

This postcard was sent to Buffalo,New York in 1937. The donkey and cart is still the popular mode of transport. The electricity polls indicate that Listowel is now electrified. The shopfronts have changed little in the intervening years.Keane's pub on the right hand side of the postcard remains exactly the same. This street scene would have been familiar to Listowel writers John B.Keane who was born in 1928

William street,Listowel -

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