Tullow Street, Carlow Town, Co. Carlow
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[between 1899-1906].
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| Notes: | Original date range for this photograph was ca. 1880-1900. Research by our Flickr Commons users narrowed the date to ca. 1899-1906. Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/24887002908/ Robert French was the chief photographer responsible for photographing three quarters of the Lawrence Collection. For more information, see the Dictionary of Irish Biography: http://dib.cambridge.org/viewReadPage.do?articleId=a3369 Physical description: 1 photographic negative glass 16.5 x 21.5 cm. Geographic Coverage: Carlow, County Carlow, Province of Leinster, Ireland. Caption on glassplate reads: Tullow St. Carlow. 7514. W. L. more |
Tullow Street, Carlow, Co. Carlow on a fine day with not too much happening. Dominated by a large religious institution on the right and with a T-junction in the distance this must have been a quiet street outside of school time? (By the way, well done to all on the information gleaned on the two Walker shots earlier this week! Even though his slides are relatively recent, so much has changed in the interim - making them truly invaluable now!)
While the streetscape here has changed significantly since, unlike the Walker shots, the main subject does survive. And that subject, the Carlow Convent National School, are the main thing that help us date this image. Specifically, we know that we are after 1899 (date on gable plaque) and before 1906 (the date of a postcard version of this image)....
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1880-1900. Likely c.1899-1906
NLI Ref: L_ROY_07514
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
Tags:
Robert French, William Lawrence, Lawrence Collection, Lawrence Photographic Studio, Glass Negative, National Library of Ireland, Tullow Street, Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland, horse carts, bicyclle, man, school, houses, Smyths shop, agricultural implement, Alexander Smyth, Convent of the Assumption, Smyths, Electric lighting, Roller, K Shoes, Presentation Convent, National School, Carlow Convent National School, Lawrence Photograph Collection
Comments
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
I see an electric street lamp ...
Posted: 01.12.2017
Rory_Sherlock
Streetview:
www.google.ie/maps/@52.8361225,-6.9275328,3a,75y,276.81h,...
OSI 25":
maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,672281,676685,12,9
Posted: 01.12.2017
Niall McAuley
The National School building at right has an 1899 date up on the gable.
Posted: 01.12.2017
O Mac
and a PIERCE turnip seeder.
Posted: 01.12.2017
Niall McAuley
From the DIA:
HAGUE, WILLIAM [2]
Building:CO. CARLOW, CARLOW, CONVENT OF THE ASSUMPTION SCHOOLS
Date:1899-1901
Nature:New girls schools designed by 'the late' WH.. Brought into operation 1901.
Posted: 01.12.2017
Niall McAuley
I see Alexander Smyth, boot merchant, in both the 1901 and 1911 census.
Posted: 01.12.2017
Niall McAuley
The first provincial town in Ireland to have public lighting was Carlow. The system, though simple, was advanced for its time- a generating plant on the Barrow in the flour mill owned by Major Alexander in the village of Milford, four miles from Carlow. The Carlow system, commissioned in 1889, was opened in 1891 on a night when Charles Stewart Parnell, was addressing a meeting there. (from the ESB archives)
Posted: 01.12.2017
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] I remember now, we previously visited Carlow and its early electrics and a 1901 bank -
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/28766663451/]
Posted: 01.12.2017
John A. Coffey
The Carlow County Museum, County Library and Archives are now housed in the old Convent, country cousins maybe.
Posted: 01.12.2017
sam2cents
I like the little roller in the foreground. I actually thought it was one of those line-makers when I saw it first, as we used to have an old one here and it looks almost identical.
Posted: 01.12.2017
Bernard Healy
No help in dating, I'm afraid, but the big 'K' sign on A Smyth's shop door caught my attention. Given that Smyth's was a shoe shop (per the census), it seems that the K must refer to K Shoes.
In 1865 what turned out to be possibly the most momentous decision ever for the company was unconsciously taken. Someone picked up a leather punch which happened to have a “K” on it, and started marking all the soles issued to the outworkers. With forethought it would almost certainly in those times have been an “S”, but fortunately “K” it was. This very quickly became associated with Kendal, and soon customers were asking specifically for the shoes marked with a “K”. When the first Trade Marks Act came into force in 1875, the Partners immediately applied for its registration. The regulations of the Act forbade registration of single letters unless prior use for 10 years could be proved. This Somervell Brothers were able to do, and as a result the “K” trademark is believed to be the only single letter registration allowed to remain in the British Trade Marks Register.
The firm was taken over by Clarke's who still market footwear described as 'K by Clarke's'.
Posted: 01.12.2017
Niall McAuley
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/bernardhealy] notes grass growing on a chimney - but I am not sure the convent and the nearer National School building are from the same date.
Here is a colourized postcard which from the fashions is early 20th century, and shows shrubs growing behind the railings. (Loads of windows open again, which suggests this was normal enough).
Posted: 02.12.2017
Niall McAuley
In streetview, I see a memorial plaque between the windows to the right of the door of the convent, but I can't read it.
Posted: 02.12.2017
Niall McAuley
OK, was misreading various things - this is not the Convent of the Assumption as I was thinking, this is Presentation Convent, and definitely older then the 1899-1901 national school.
Here is a page about it, the main (further) building is from 1877. There is a postcard version of this image there dated postmarked 1906, so we are before that date.
Posted: 02.12.2017
Niall McAuley
1899-1906, can't say fairer than that!
Posted: 02.12.2017
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Indeed [https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] - You certainly can't :) Thanks! I have updated the date range and description....
Posted: 02.12.2017
Carol Maddock
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] And will be reflected in the catalogue record for this photo once our database updates tonight!
Posted: 04.12.2017
Niall McAuley
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/47297387@N03] Cool, the flickr tab is active!
Posted: 04.12.2017
Carol Maddock
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] Oh yes indeedy, I've been quietly doing it again for a while now. We want to preserve all the excellent research for posterior posterity!
Posted: 04.12.2017
Dr. Ilia
Great Shot !!
Posted: 14.12.2017
