Vintage Ireland

One of the lowlights of British tyranny in Ireland was the landlord system, and one of the corollaries, eviction of tenants from their properties. These are pictures of some evictions. They date from the 1880s.

Source: National Library of Ireland

Vintage Ireland

 Cottage Hospital at Coleraine, Co. Derry, ca. 1904

  

 Cottage with fine tied-down thatch, 1860-83

  

 Crowd boarding a steamer, Portrush, Co. Antrim, 1907-14

  

 Donkey rides at Kilkee, Co. Clare, ca. 1870

  

 Doon Well at Kilmacrenan, ca. 1900

  

 Edith (on the left) and Ethel Dillon, daughters of Baron 

Clonbrock, at Clonbrock Estate in Ahascragh, Co. Galway, 1883

  

 Edith and Ethel Dillon outside the Photograph House 

at Clonbrock Estate, Ahascragh, Co. Galway, ca. 1884

   

Egg and Fowl Market, Galway, ca. 1905

Source: National Library of Ireland

R. Welch

Another set from this Northern Ireland photographer.

Glenariffe from above Ess-Na-Crub, ca. 1888

  

Glenoe, Larne, ca. 1888

  

Glenoe, Larne, ca. 1888

  

Irish Country Life, carrying home the turf, ca. 1888

  

Kane's Royal Hotel, ca. 1888

  

Reeling the yarn, near Ardara, County Donegal, 1914

  

The Giants Honeycomb, ca. 1888

 

Source: Public Records Office of Northern Ireland

Vintage Ireland

 A holy well and wayside shrine, on the shore of 

charming Lough Hill, Sligo, Ireland, ca. 1901

  

 A letter from Pat in America, ca. 1902

  

 A mountain turf car bound for the village market, County Kerry, Ireland, 1902

  

 A street in the little village of Fairhead, near Galway, Ireland, ca. 1902

  

 

 A typical Irish street in Cork, Ireland, ca. 1902

 

 An old Irish bag-pipe, once popular in the Emerald Isle - 

in a home in Cork, Ireland, ca. 1904

  

 Country village, Ireland, 1877

 

Source: Library of Congress Stereograph Collection

Alexander Hogg

Alexander Hogg was an Irish photographer who took an extensive series of pictures of the poorer sections of Belfast. It appears that these photos were connected with some sort of urban renewal effort. These date to 1912.

 Boundary Street area showing Boundary Street, 

Cargill Street, O'Haggarty's Street, and Shankill Road

  

 Boundary Street area showing Gallagher's Yard off Dayton Street

  

 Boundary Street area showing Louden Street

  

 Christian Place area from Irwin Street, Belfast

   

Stanley Street area showing Grosvenor Road, Belfast

 

Source: Public Records Office of Northern Ireland

Vintage Ireland

Broad Street in Adare, Co. Limerick, ca. 1900

  

Bundoran, Co. Donegal, 1890-1910

  

Caherdaniel, County Kerry, ca. 1890

  

Carroll's Shop assistants, Quay, City, 16 May 1909

  

Castle Gate, Mohill, Co. Leitrim

  

Castletownshend, Co. Cork, ca. 1910

  

Children of Mary

  

These Children of Mary Sodalities first embraced the pupils and orphans of the schools and institutions of the Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul.....The badge adopted by the Children of Mary Immaculate is the miraculous medal, suspended from a blue ribbon.

The Children of Mary organization flourished in the mid 20th century. Young women went through a period of aspirancy of six months prior to acceptance as a fully fledged child of Mary, who had the right to wear the distinctive blue cape and carry the blue cape of a Child of Mary. When a Child of Mary married, she was embraced on arrival on the Church steps by other Children of Mary who removed the blue cape from over her wedding gown. [NLI]

Source: National Library of Ireland

The Circus

These vintage circus photos come from Herbert F. Cooper, a photographer in northern Ireland. More photos from this group, as well as information about the circuses involved, are here.

 Buff Bill's Circus, group of circus performers standing on each other's shoulders, ca. 1910

  

Buff Bill's Circus, The Dixie Girls, ca. 1910

  

Clown on a horse, with a lady watching, ca. 1910

  

Duffy's Circus, four girls outside a tent, 1911

  

Duffy's Circus, four male entertainers, 1911

  

Duffy's Circus, the Wilson and Duffy combined circus, 1911

  

Duffy's Circus, two women and three children

  

Hanneford's Canadian Circus, circus performers in a horse and cart, ca. 1910

  

Hanneford's Canadian Circus, four girl circus performers, ca. 1910

 

Source: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

Vintage Ireland

A small group of tourists seeking the alleged eloquence that comes from 

kissing the Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle in Co. Cork, ca. 1897

  

A woman driving cattle on Achill Island, Co. Mayo, ca. 1910

  

America, Co. Galway, ca. 1890

[yes, "America, County Galway" is a real place]
  

At Kilkee, Co. Clare, ca. 1880

  

Baby Cox of Tramore, Co. Waterford, ca. 1899
[that poor dog!]

 

Source: National Library of Ireland