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Patrick Henry Harrington's Graniteville home and Quarries in 1886 engraving110 viewsPHH's house and granite quarries on Snake Meadow Hill. His father, Beara emmigrant Patrick was a stonecutter here.
These quarries have furnished granite for (among others) in 1810 the Boston Court-house; in 1814 the New South Church; and about the same time the Congregational house on Beacon street; the old Parkman house on Bowdoin square; University hall in Cambridge; in 1818-19 the first stone block in the city, on Brattle street;” the columns for Quincy Market in Boston; the First National Bank of Boston; part of the Albany State Capitol; about twenty stories of the Bankers’ Trust Company building in New York City; the Camden Court House in New Jersey; the Presbyterian church in Savannah, Georgia; the base and approaches to the post office at New Orleans; the Frick mansion, and many other residences on the North Shore; the lower story of the new wings of the State House in Boston; many miles of curbing and paving for New England towns and cities; the Forsyth Dental Infirmary in Boston; the dam across the Merrimack River in Lawrence, MA; and the State Prison in Concord (1870-1880's).
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Honora O'Connells Eyeries460 viewsOutside Honora O’Connell’s Pub in Eyeries.
Henry O’Connell, Bella O’Connell, Robert Harrington ???.
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Derreen 4102 viewsDerreen Gardens. Lauragh, Co Kerry
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Fishermen321 viewsEarly photo of fishermen in Castletown Berehaven
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Dan Moriarty140 viewsDan Moriarty with his horse Charlie
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Mary C Sullivan114 viewsMary C Sullivan b Beara apx 1862. Photo taken about 1930 in Minturn, Eagle, Colorado during the depression. It is said she had locks on everything, cupboards, well and so on. She and John were very generous to transient men looking for work but she controlled what went where. Notice the bulge in her pocket from keys.
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The Glen Hotel. Glengarriff266 views
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Cookoo's Corner Regulars429 views‘Cuckoo’s Corner’, Twomey’s Bar, Castletownbere. So called as at one time there was a cookoo clock hanging at the end of the bar. Seen here at Cametringane Hotel. Timmy Lynch,
John Shanahan, Lawrence Heffernan, Bill Sheehan and Mary O’Brien (Hogan)
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The New Hotel. Castletown Berehaven349 viewsLooking across from Cametringane in 1904Oct 24, 2010
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The Old Mill. Castletownbere451 viewsJul 28, 2010
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Perrin Hotel. Glengarriff459 viewsJul 28, 2010
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Post Office. Glengarriff484 viewsJul 28, 2010
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Church of Ireland. Glengarriff472 viewsJul 28, 2010
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Roches Royal Hotel. Glengarriff474 viewsJul 28, 2010
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Tourist Car487 viewsOutside the Eccles Hotel, GlengarriffJul 28, 2010
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Battleship 1st Class463 viewsPre Dreadnought Battleship moored at Castletown Berehaven 1904. Class type and name unknown.
Jul 28, 2010
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Adrigole Bridge408 viewsJul 28, 2010
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Bantry Pierhead438 views‘Lady Elsie’ arriving from Castletownbere to meet the train
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Bellevue Hotel. Glengarriff455 viewsJul 28, 2010
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Casey’s Hotel? Glengarriff477 viewsJul 28, 2010
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The Slipway outside Eccles Hotel471 viewsJul 28, 2010
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Glengarriff Castle496 viewsJul 28, 2010
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The ‘Lady Elsie’ 459 viewsBerthed alongside the landing, GlengarriffJul 28, 2010
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The ‘Lady Elsie’ Glengarriff447 viewsJul 28, 2010
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