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From Flickr: “And the shark has pearly teeth dear…” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

It is amazing how things have changed, when this photograph was taken by Denis Tynan killing a shark was considered a normal thing to do. Whereas, today, there is a great drive to protect them. The given date is 1955 – but the ladies jumper and slacks do not remind Read More →

From Flickr: “And the shark has pearly teeth dear…” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

It is amazing how things have changed, when this photograph was taken by Denis Tynan killing a shark was considered a normal thing to do. Whereas, today, there is a great drive to protect them. The given date is 1955 – but the ladies jumper and slacks do not remind Read More →

From Flickr: “And the shark has pearly teeth dear…” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

It is amazing how things have changed, when this photograph was taken by Denis Tynan killing a shark was considered a normal thing to do. Whereas, today, there is a great drive to protect them. The given date is 1955 – but the ladies jumper and slacks do not remind Read More →

From Flickr: “And the shark has pearly teeth dear…” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

It is amazing how things have changed, when this photograph was taken by Denis Tynan killing a shark was considered a normal thing to do. Whereas, today, there is a great drive to protect them. The given date is 1955 – but the ladies jumper and slacks do not remind Read More →

From Flickr: “And the shark has pearly teeth dear…” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

It is amazing how things have changed, when this photograph was taken by Denis Tynan killing a shark was considered a normal thing to do. Whereas, today, there is a great drive to protect them. The given date is 1955 – but the ladies jumper and slacks do not remind Read More →

From Flickr: “Lough Erne shrine” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

From Christendom to Christianity the National Library of Ireland has it all! Christendom is a townland in the Waterford area but it would appear that yesterdays cricket match took place in Cork. Today’s shrine is most certainly Christian and hails from Lough Erne in the north of the island. Where Read More →

From Flickr: “Lough Fea House, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

We find ourselves in County Monaghan at the Home of the Shirley family at Lough Fea House near Carrickmacross. The house was built in 1827 the following information is from archiseek.com – thanks to sharon.corbet Designed for the Shirley family by the historian Thomas Rickman and which is his only Read More →

From Flickr: “Lough Fea House, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

We find ourselves in County Monaghan at the Home of the Shirley family at Lough Fea House near Carrickmacross. The house was built in 1827 the following information is from archiseek.com – thanks to sharon.corbet Designed for the Shirley family by the historian Thomas Rickman and which is his only Read More →

From Flickr: “R.M.S. Olympic” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Harland and Wolff Shipbuilding Yard, R.M.S. Olympic on the stocks (Ships Cradle). Photographer: Thomas H. Mason Collection: The Mason Photographic Collection Date: Circa 1910 NLI Ref: M25/J/3 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/tx6J5e