Robert French - Sawmill, Foynes, Co.Limerick, circa 1890

Delighted to hear this from Gerard in Ireland: "It is told in my family that the bearded man with hat is Jeremiah O'Connor manager of the sawmill and resident in the large house shown. He died 1922. I am his great grandson."..This photo was taken probably by Robert French, chief photographer of William Lawrence Photographic Studios of Dublin...You can compare this view of the Sawmill at Foynes with its companion photo ( nlireland/8554431196/ ) taken approximately 90 years later as part of the Lawrence Photographic Project 1990/1991, where one thousand photographs from the Lawrence Collection in the National Library of Ireland were replicated a hundred years later by a team of volunteer photographers, thereby creating a record of the changing face of the selected locations all over Ireland...For further information on the Lawrence Photographic Project, read all about it on our NLI Blog ( 2012/04/13/then-then-and-now-photographic-projects/ ) ...Date: Circa 1890??..NLI Ref.: L_ROY_04268 ( vtls000041865 )

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1890 - 1899

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