![[James P. O'Dea enjoying a drink with his friend Fred in a public house, Moyvalley, Co. Kildare]](/IIIF/000150000/000148540/vtls000148540_001.jp2/full/800,/0/default.jpg)
[James P. O'Dea enjoying a drink with his friend Fred in a public house, Moyvalley, Co. Kildare]
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| In collection: | O'Dea Photograph Collection |
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| Format: | Photo |
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Wednesday, 23 August 1961.
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| Notes: | Featured in the exhibition entitled "Trainspotting" which took place in the National Photographic Archive in July 2000. Research by our Flickr Commons users established that this was Furey's Pub in Moyvalley. A grandson of the railwayman identified 'Fred' as Fred McDonagh, who lived at the railway station in Moyvalley until he died on 7 July 1977. Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/6209964369/ Physical description: 1 photographic negative : film ; 6 x 6cm. more |
This is James P. O'Dea (left) and Fred McDonagh raising a glass at a pub in Moyvalley, Co. Kildare. By the looks of the CIÉ logo on Fred's jacket, he was one of the many railway workers all over Ireland, who would have known James very well.
Originally, we just knew the railwayman as Fred, but his grandson Traingraham identified him as Fred McDonagh, who lived in the station in Moyvalley till he died on 7 July 1977.
A couple of commenters have suggested that this was Furey's Pub in Moyvalley.
James O'Dea was the photographer responsible for many of the train and railway photos you'll see here on our photostream. He was a founding member of the Irish Railway Records Society in 1946. James was also nephew of the famous Dublin comedian and entertainer, Jimmy O'Dea.
Date: Wednesday, 23 August 1961
NLI Ref.: ODEA27/19
Tags:
James P. O'Dea, Public House, Pub, Bar, Counter, Taps, Alcohol, Moyvalley, Kildare, Ireland, August, 1961, 1960s, CIE, Coras Iompair Éireann, Wednesday, 23rd, Sixties, Leinster, Photographer, Furey's Pub, Furey's, Fred McDonagh, National Library of Ireland, People Identified, 20th Century, O'Dea Photograph Collection
Comments
Swordscookie
What's nice about this photo is that the buckets are not there for the "atmosphere" as they would be today. They are either for sale or to catch drips from the ceiling and I suspect given their location that it is the latter. In those days half pints were rather ladylike, not much testosterone on view in that shot!
Posted: 04.10.2011
@ltin zaçe
beautiful pic..
Posted: 04.10.2011
Star Cat
Slainte!
Posted: 04.10.2011
soilse
Beautiful. No ice-cold pints or mobile phone posers in our pubs in those days!
Posted: 05.10.2011
XPAT-Polska
Lovely pub shot.
If you ever come across one of what is now called the 'Wicked Swan' in Wexford, I'd love to see it as it was owned by my grandfather and was where my father grew up. It was, I understand, known as Ennis's bar in the very early 20's and probably before then - but I'd love confirmation of this.
Patrick James Ennis
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wicked-Swan/157566564296684?v=...
Posted: 05.10.2011
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
@47044499@N03 Nothing turned up in a swift search, but perhaps Ennis's may turn up in a Wexford shot that was focussed on another premises, or on people...
Posted: 05.10.2011
XPAT-Polska
Thank you for searching.
Posted: 05.10.2011
artur sikora
such a good scene! cheers!
Posted: 09.10.2011
mikescottnz
Slainte .
Posted: 26.10.2011
MarrenD
Fureys Pub?
Posted: 17.01.2012
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
@74546365@N07 I'm so sorry, I missed your comment from 4 months ago! I should be drummed out of Library Towers. Are you fairly happy this was taken in Furey's Pub?
Posted: 12.05.2012
PaganTree
@swordscookie Not lady like. Bottles of Stout were popular in the 50s/60s, and they were always drank in a half glass.
Posted: 17.01.2013
PaganTree
@nlireland I too believe that this could be Fureys Pub, I wouldn't be 100% sure but there is an Old pub in Moyvalley Co.Kildare called Fureys.
Posted: 17.01.2013
Traingraham
Yes it is, Fred lived in the station in Moyvalley till he died on 7 July 1977. Grandson
Posted: 04.02.2013
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
@92860155@N05 Hi again, Graham. So stupid of me not to connect this Fred with Fred McDonagh in our Enfield photo.
Posted: 06.02.2013
Niall McAuley
On the OS 25" map (updated!), you can see that Furey's (the building at Moyvalley Bridge) is only a stone's throw from the station.
Posted: 06.02.2013
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Definitely Furey's - see the horns (!)
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/36748008051/]
Posted: 29.08.2017
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Delightful photo of Mr O'Dea eating lunch at the signal box in Straffan in 1962!! - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000306339
Posted: 21.12.2020
O Mac
ahhh.... the old bucket over the door trick.. I see it didn't fool our Jimmy.
Posted: 01.06.2023
