Ireland 1800s

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Vivid vintage pictures of Ireland taken between 1890 and 1900, courtesy of the Library of Congress.

When Deborah Davis contacted Ireland Reaching Out she had a last minute request - she was coming to Donegal within a week and was hoping to find out more about her ancestors. Deborah's great-great great-grandfather was Anthony Dunnion who left Donegal in the early 1860s with his wife Mary Duffy. She believes that she is a descendent of the Dunnion family, who are likely buried in the RC church at Tamney.

Although we cannot get into the minds of the people waiting in a queue on a cold day in Chukotka, Soviet Union back in 1985 to get wine, or what the daredevil sky boys who built the Empire State Building in 1930-31 were thinking when balancing unsecured on the 88th floor, we can get a fairly good glimpse into the wonders of history.

The images offer a glimpse of a time gone by in Ireland, with horses in the streets, people sitting on mail trucks, and food and livestock changing hands in public squares.

rural farm women ca 1909, Ireland the people, via maggieblanck.com

A day in the life of a Dublin workhouse. The workhouse was the most feared institution in 19th century Dublin. Though it was to be avoided at all costs, harsh times drove many of the city’s poor through its doors. As the new Dublin workhouse records now available on family history website Findmypast testify, this accounted for a huge swathe of the population.

Young Irish Traveller woman in Southern Ireland 1970s

Stunning images of the Emerald Isle at a time of historic change.

This article was was displayed in TE AROHA NEWS, 26 NOVEMBER 1887, The correspondent worked for the "Philadelphia Press." which was one of Philadelphia's oldest major newspapers (1857-1920).