Lantern slide depicting a view of where the Drapier letters were printed. Drapier's Letters is the collective name for a series of seven pamphlets written between 1724 and 1725 by the Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, Jonathan Swift, to…
Lantern slide depicting print of frontis piece of Newgate, Dublin. Originally catalogued as 'D3 IX, 32' with label 'Imprinted at London for I Wright and assc to be sold in his shop scene Christ Church gate 1608'. The print is also entitled 'over…
Lantern slide depicting a Derrick's print of Sir Henry Sydney's return to Dublin in 1581. Originally catalogued as ' D ix, 3 33' with label Sir H Sidney's return to Dublin after a victory reception by Mayor and Aldermen. Derrick 'image of Ireland'…
Lantern slide depicting a Derrick print of Sir Henry Sydney's departure from Dublin. Originally catalogued as 'D3 IX, 34' with labelling 'Derrick' and the caption 'Departure of the Lord Deputy, Sir Henry Sidney, from Dublin. ' Detail from The Image…
Lantern slide depicting a map of county Dublin from the Survey conducted by Gab. Stokes. The map is thought to have been produced by Stokes circa 1750 . Originally catalogued as 'D3 IX, 35, ' with no further labelling. The slide is slightly…
Lantern slide depicting a map of Howth, County Dublin, by Thomas Johnson Westropp 16 August 1860 to 9 April 1922, an Irish antiquarian, folklorist and archaeologist.Originally catalogued as 'D3 IX, 36' with labelling 'Westropp'.
Lantern slide depicting Bailey lighthouse, Howth County Dublin. The first lighthouse on this site was built in about 1667 by Sir Robert Reading. In 1810, the Corporation for Preserving and Improving the Port of Dublin took over the operations. The…
Lantern slide depicting Sandycove strand with a view of the 'forty foot hole' Dublin, a promontory from which people have been swimming in the Irish sea for the past approximate 250 years. There is no definitive explanation for how the name came…
Lantern slide depicting ahouse located on Dunbo Hill, Rokeby Howth. To the far left of the photograph can be seen a woman dressed in fine clothing standing in the doorway of the house. Originally catalogued as ' D 3 IX, 39' with labelling 'Rokeby…