April 14, 2016 at 1:52 pm

Incredible High Res Photos of Dublin from 100 Years Ago

by twistedsifter

The National Library of Ireland holds the largest collection of Irish printed, manuscript and visual material in the world, spanning almost 1,000 years of Irish art, culture, history and literature.

On June 2, 2011 the NLI joined Flickr Commons where they have uploaded more than 1,700 high res photos, collaborating with the online photo community to help identify, locate and catalogue their country’s rich history.

I spent the last few days going through their archives and compiled this collection of photos from Dublin that were taken around the turn of the last century. For more, be sure to check out the National Library of Ireland at the links below.

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1. Gun Powder Office ca. 1890

View of a bustling O’Connell Bridge and Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street), Dublin. Prominent ‘Gun Powder Office’ sign can be seen on the left side of the photo.

2. The Long Room ca. 1885

This is the very beautiful Long Room Library at Trinity College Dublin.

3. Oscar Traynor (under the X) April 2, 1922

According to the Irish Independent, April 3, 1922, the Dublin City Brigade I.R.A. paraded at Smithfield on the 2nd “under officers who recognise the Executive established as a result of the recent Convention”, and were addressed by Oscar Traynor, Rory O’Connor and F[rank] Henderson.

4. Members of the Irish Women Workers’ Union on the steps of Liberty Hall ca. 1914

5. O’Neill’s Bicycles ca. 1907

Lucania bicycles were manufactured by John O’Neill at the Lucania works in South King Street, Dublin. An advertisement for the Lucania in a 1911 edition of Sinn Féin carried the information also that the company had won a contract to supply the Post Office with 400 delivery bicycles.

6. Horse-drawn Omnibus, Westmoreland Street, Dublin ca. 1865

7. Fiat Car at Rutland Square ca. 1924

Fiat car adorned with flowers and surrounded by people at 18 Rutland Square (now Parnell Square), Dublin

8. View from top of Nelson’s Pillar, Sackville Street (O’Connell Street) ca. 1921

9. Children’s Party ca. 1924

10. A Black and Tan on duty in Dublin ca. 1920

A Black and Tan on duty in Dublin. Smoking and posing with a Lewis machine gun.

11. Sackville Street ca. 1905

High view along Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street) in Dublin

12. St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin City, Co. Dublin ca. 1890

13. Funeral procession of Fenian Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa August 1, 1915

Funeral procession of Fenian Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa. Trams drew to a halt and crowds lined the streets as the coffin passed. O’Rossa had died on Staten Island on 29 June 1915, but his body was brought back to Ireland for burial in Glasnevin Cemetery. This photo was taken at Parnell Square East, or Rutland Square East as it was then known.

14. Trinity College, Dublin ca. 1900

15. Dáil Éireann meeting in the Mansion House August, 1921

16. Dublin Bread Company May 1916

The remains of the Dublin Bread Company at 6-7 Lower Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street) after the Easter Rising in 1916.

17. Rotunda Round Room ca. 1913

18. Driving a Panhard Car July 1903

Man driving Panhard car, possibly a late 1901 or 1902 model, with three female passengers.

19. Waiting on Westland Row June 18, 1917

Crowds on Westland Row in Dublin waiting to meet prisoners released under general amnesty, taken from the railway bridge at Westland Row station.

20. Funeral of Michael Collins August 28, 1922

National Army soldiers drive a car laden with wreaths through the streets of Dublin towards Glasnevin Cemetery for the burial of Michael Collins. The vehicle is a Crossley, military tender with the twin rear tyres. Collins was riding in a very rare Leyland 8 car when he was assassinated.