IrishFamilyDetective
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Family historian delivering daily doses of what happened #onthisday in Ireland. Also unearthing old photos & adding a splash of colour. UCC-Dip Genealogy-MALH.
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The Royal #Cork Yacht Club Royal Cork Yacht Club when based in #Cobh. World's oldest #yacht club #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike Cobh Tourism B&W📸NLI irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation
Born #Onthisday 1866 Susan (Lily) Yeats. Less well known than W.B. & Jack, Lily along with her sister Elizabeth were significant members of the Celtic Revival & co-founded Dun Emer Guild & Cuala Industries @finnclodagh - more The Irish Times irishtimes.com/culture/2023/0…
The Cotton Ball, Mayfield #Cork back in the day Mayfield GAA #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike B&W📸Cork Folklore & Roy Hammond
#Onthisday 1937 the first traffic lights in the Free State are installed at the junction of Merrion Square and Clare Street #Dublin Old Ireland
Born #Onthisday 1915 in Shandon Tce #Cork #IrishArtist Patrick Hennessy-His father died in #WW1 & his mother remarried, the family then immigrated to #Scotland. Patrick later returned to Ireland & exhibited annually, he died in 1980 Crawford Art Gallery🎨self portrait & Garretstown
#Onthisday 100 yrs ago 'a number of the relics' of #MichaelCollins were brought to Merrion Street, including his coat stained with blood, on display National Museum of Ireland more - buff.ly/3dVraYt
The NorthMon Co-Ed History Dept. #Cork in 1940 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike #FlashbackFriday
Born #Onthisday 1869 in Dublin the fascinating Ellice Pilkington (Louisa Ellice Esmonde) women's activist and artist @finnclodagh - more Dictionary of Irish Biography dib.ie/biography/pilk…
Patrick Street #Cork c1900 #LoveCork #PureCork #CorkLike with Munster Cycles kevin long B&W📸NLI irishfamilydetective.ie/colourisation
Born/Baptised #Onthisday 1831 in rosscarbery.ie #Cork Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa (pictured centre) #Fenian & member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood 📷buff.ly/3CVhFmA