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THE US LIBRARY of Congress has an amazing collection of prints.
Its archives are populated by historic gems from all over the world – including the below images that capture scenes in late 19th century Ireland.
All images: LOC
More of the images can be viewed here.
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The Irish peasant farmer is looking mighty well for a peasant …
All romanticised images
They are all lovely pictures but are they not just postcards that people send back from their holidays ?
Peasant used in 19th century was not derogatory as it is today
Enda Kenny is looking mighty well for a peasant…
In 1916 many decades later and yet the infant mortality rate was the worst in Europe – even with WWI in full gear on the continent.
Joe Duffy’s book quite rightly tells about the 40 or so children caught in the cross fire or from British shelling but does if highlight this terrible fact resultant from years of exploitation?
Trams in cork and Dublin
Them people would roar laughing if they knew in 2017-2020 there was no rail to the international Airport.
That’s if they knew there was an airport being planned and built.
Sure they would be laughing about the airport part and them flying machines parked there
Top ‘o’ the morning t’ye
Top o’ the Mornin’ was first uttered by John Wayne in the film The Quiet Man in 1951.
(Dubliners are only marginally less ignorant about rural Ireland than Hollywood).
Sackville street and o’connell bridge? I’m open to correction but was it not the Carlisle bridge then?
Also open to correction – I thought Carlisle Bridge was a previous bridge at the same site, narrower and humped. I thought that the current flat and wide bridge was opened as O’Connell Bridge, but I could be mistaken.
Yep I agree, Carlisle bridge was much narrower than O’Connell Street.
These are cool. Thanks.
They’re horrendous
If you’ve any interest in history or Art, which you clearly don’t, then they would be of interest. Each to their own.
Agreed. Each to their own. They’re still horrendous.
No sign of the statue of King Billy on college green, just to remind us of what Ireland used to be like under British rule.
“Dublin was the 2nd city of the empire back then and proud of it” – Official Dublin walking tour.
It was a long way behind Edinburgh, Leeds, Bristol etc etc
Dublin was noted as the second city for a short time and then was surpassed by other cities due to their grown and Dublin ‘s stagnation due to British policy
Get over it its been a 100 years since we regained our independence . Its was never the second city of anywhere it is the 1st city of Ireland and the rest of our cities etc are the only places we care about.
You can keep that vile murderous english empire we never voted to to join it , it was an occupation the same as the nazis occupying other European countries.
Hawks, check your history please. Not 100 years since we gained independence.
I love the way a Wexford man has the neck to call Cork a shi+ hole.
Good pix. I can plainly see Mangan’s clock
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