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’Co...