MAKE A MEME View Large Image Our catalogue described this as a Street scene, possibly in Dublin: with motor cars, pedestrians and tramlines. I knew we could do better than that, hoping J. McCaffrey at no. 39 would be a help. I was thinking Terenure-ish, but was ...
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Keywords: la patisserie continentale confesserie lapatisseriecontinentaleconfesserie patisserie confiserie cars church shops tram lines tramlines children player's navy cut playersnavycut tobacco smoke bendigo dark flake smokebendigodarkflake bendigo cigarettes cadbury's cadburys kennedys bread kennedysbread player's navy mixture playersnavymixture j. mccaffrey jmccaffrey lyons tea lyonstea bovril religious war in mexico religiouswarinmexico irish times irishtimes murder robbery london herald delivery bike deliverybike fergus o'connor fergusoconnor fergus o'connor collection fergusoconnorcollection glass negative glassnegative ireland 1920s john mccaffrey johnmccaffrey greengrocer donnybrook road donnybrookroad dublin 39 donnybrook road 39donnybrookroad leinster monday 15th august 1927 twenties donnybrook rugby ground donnybrookrugbyground bective old wesley oldwesley national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland blackandwhite monochrome road black and white Our catalogue described this as a Street scene, possibly in Dublin: with motor cars, pedestrians and tramlines. I knew we could do better than that, hoping J. McCaffrey at no. 39 would be a help. I was thinking Terenure-ish, but was absolutely wrong! Thanks a million to DannyM8 who suggested Donnybrook, and then backed it up with hard evidence from the 1911 census, finding John McCaffrey, greengrocer, (35) at 39 Donnybrook Road! With regard to an accurate date for this photo, one of the Irish Times news posters trumpets Religious War in Mexico, and exactly that headline appeared on page 8 of the Irish Times on Monday, 15 August 1927, so that seems relatively safe for dating... P.S. Love the alleged Confesserie! Did you confess your guilt for guzzling cream cakes here? Date: Monday, 15 August 1927 NLI Ref.: OCO 105 Our catalogue described this as a Street scene, possibly in Dublin: with motor cars, pedestrians and tramlines. I knew we could do better than that, hoping J. McCaffrey at no. 39 would be a help. I was thinking Terenure-ish, but was absolutely wrong! Thanks a million to DannyM8 who suggested Donnybrook, and then backed it up with hard evidence from the 1911 census, finding John McCaffrey, greengrocer, (35) at 39 Donnybrook Road! With regard to an accurate date for this photo, one of the Irish Times news posters trumpets Religious War in Mexico, and exactly that headline appeared on page 8 of the Irish Times on Monday, 15 August 1927, so that seems relatively safe for dating... P.S. Love the alleged Confesserie! Did you confess your guilt for guzzling cream cakes here? Date: Monday, 15 August 1927 NLI Ref.: OCO 105 Our catalogue described this as a <i>Street scene, possibly in Dublin: with motor cars, pedestrians and tramlines</i>. I knew we could do better than that, hoping <b>J. McCaffrey at no. 39</b> would be a help. I was thinking Terenure-ish, but was absolutely wrong! Thanks a million to <b>DannyM8</b> who suggested Donnybrook, and then backed it up with hard evidence from the 1911 census, finding John McCaffrey, greengrocer, (35) at <a href="http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000122895/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"><b>39 Donnybrook Road</b></a>! With regard to an accurate date for this photo, one of the <i>Irish Times</i> news posters trumpets <b>Religious War in Mexico</b>, and exactly that headline appeared on page 8 of the <i>Irish Times</i> on Monday, 15 August 1927, so that seems relatively safe for dating... P.S. Love the alleged <i>Confesserie</i>! Did you confess your guilt for guzzling cream cakes here? Date: Monday, 15 August 1927 NLI Ref.: <a href="http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000298612" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">OCO 105</a> 1920s ireland dublin london cars church children august patisserie shops murder robbery monday cigarettes cadburys 15th tobacco herald tramlines bovril glassnegative 1927 greengrocer bendigo twenties irishtimes leinster confiserie lyonstea deliverybike bective nationallibraryofireland playersnavycut donnybrookroad fergusoconnor oldwesley johnmccaffrey playersnavymixture fergusoconnorcollection smokebendigodarkflake kennedysbread lapatisseriecontinentaleconfesserie jmccaffrey religiouswarinmexico 39donnybrookroad donnybrookrugbyground
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