Rathgar, showing Christchurch (Presbyterian), Dublin City, Co. Dublin
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| In collection: | Eason Photographic Collection |
| Format: | Photo |
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[between ca. 1901-1920].
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| Notes: | Original date range for this photograph was ca. 1900-1939. Research by our Flickr Commons users narrowed the date to between 1901 and 1920. Additional information about this photograph is available on the National Library of Ireland's Flickr Commons photostream http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/40329250475/ Physical description: 1 negative : glass ; 31 x 25.5 cm or smaller Geographic Coverage: Dublin City, County Dublin, Province of Leinster, Ireland. Caption on glassplate reads: W. R. & S. Rathgar. Showing Christ Church. (Presbyterian) Dublin. more |
This beautiful Eason shot of Rathgar at the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries features the steeple of the Presbyterian "Christchurch" and a whole world of other detail! I love the fact that the vast majority of the people on view are ladies and girls! Electric trams but no motor cars might provide some clue as to the date but I could sit here all day and enjoy it.
The general consensus is that this is after 1900 (electrified trams, fashions) and before 1920 (lack of cars, businesses visible, etc). Of the businesses visible, those on the left of the street (Heffernan's grocers and wine merchants at no.108 and Perry's fruiters at no.106) had a presence from the late 1890s through to at least the mid-1910s. Others (like Hanlon's butchers at no.107) seem to have been later arrivals - but apparently a fixture until the mid-1920s at least.
Photographer: Unknown
Collection: Eason Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1900-1939. Probably after c.1901 (tram electrification). Perhaps c.1910 (fashions/businesses)
NLI Ref: EAS_1918
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Tags:
Eason, Eason & Son, Eason Collection, Eason Photographic Collection, Glass Negative, National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Christchurch, Presbyterian church, electric tram, horses, carts, dog, bicycle, shops, Rathgar, W.R. & S., Ladies hats, Rathgar Avenue, Terenure Road, Highfield Road, Tram lines, P&J Hanlon, Presbyterian, Steeple, Heffernan, Jacob & Co, Perry, Fruiterer, William Ritchie & Sons, 20th Century
Comments
DannyM8
Is that a DOG I see?
Posted: 04.04.2018
abandoned railways
www.google.ie/maps/@53.3118942,-6.274573,3a,75y,58.66h,92...
After 1901, when the tram system was fully electrified, from horse power.
Before 1911 when there were a total of 5,058 registered cars, buses and lorries in Ireland, a large proportion based in Dublin.
Posted: 04.04.2018
Niall McAuley
OSI 25" link at GeoHive (not that much has changed). The #15 tram tracks and overhead wires are the big change.
Posted: 04.04.2018
Niall McAuley
Fashion guesses? I am thinking 1910, max 20.
Posted: 04.04.2018
Niall McAuley
I don't see Hanlon at #107, but here in 1911 is Edward perry, Fruiterer (1901 too)
Posted: 04.04.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Jacob & Co.'s Veda[?} Oatmeal Biscuits (see advert on the tram) was about to become history - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s#Industrial_relations
Posted: 04.04.2018
CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY
Folks look well dressed, affluent.
Posted: 04.04.2018
abandoned railways
The guy with the flat cap is a tram driver going to work at the tram depot, about a half mile behind the photographer.
Posted: 04.04.2018
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/79549245@N06] Yes Danny, thats Siezer;-)
Posted: 04.04.2018
sam2cents
That's a real Bloomsday image - fantastic!
Posted: 04.04.2018
silverio10
Buena serie de fotos antiguas
Posted: 04.04.2018
derangedlemur
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] Yes, the lady with the hat in the background has disposessed the man with the cap of his bicycle by the time the photo above was taken. We have solved the cold case of the mysterious Rathgar bikejacking of 1902.
Posted: 04.04.2018
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Thanks all! I have updated the map, tags and date. I concur on the c.1910 (give or take a few years) - not least as it lines-up with the dates we had for others in the W.R.&S (William Ritchie & Sons) Eason postcards series!
Posted: 04.04.2018
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/8468254@N02] Who'd have thunk the solution to the mysterious Rathgar bikejacking of 1902 was sitting in Library Towers all along?!
Posted: 04.04.2018
Donalring-
looks like 1918 is written at the very bottom , can only see half of it
Posted: 05.04.2018
sissonni
The road on the right hand side of this photo is Highfield Road. No 49 is listed in the 1913 phonebook link above as "Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson" which doesn't appear to match the sign above the door
Posted: 12.04.2018
Niall McAuley
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/130615039@N05] Good spot, fellow niall. The signage here says Dressmaking.
Posted: 12.04.2018
sissonni
This picture provides more detail of the large sign on the roof of the building on the right hand side ".. COALS" ?
Posted: 13.04.2018
suckindeesel
Tram #293 built 1902, received top cover 1905, as in image. This number reused by later tram 1925. So, this tram dates it to 1905-1925.
Posted: 15.02.2020
buckley530
1st tram service in Dublin introduced in 1872 - from College Green to Rathgar.
Posted: 28.10.2021
