Description
Leather-bound hardback photograph album compiled by Doris Ballingal. The album contains snapshots taken on the Adare Manor estate, including views of the house, Desmond Castle and Franciscan Friary, lodges and other auxiliary buildings within the estate, including a tobacco barn; also views of the village, including the Augustinian and Trinitarian churches, Dunraven Arms, town hall and a St Patrick’s Day parade on the main street; images of a pet goat, parrot and an assortment of pet cats, dogs, ponies and horses; outdoor picnics and tea parties; motor cars; servants and staff; friends and family members and girls playing golf; views of the Maigue River, Foynes, Askeaton and Glin Castle in county Limerick, Ballyheigue in county Kerry, Whinfield House (in Scotland?), the city of Edinburgh and the Breda estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland; views of men working in the Killoran slate quarry in Nenagh, county Tipperary; also images of a flood on the Adare Manor estate, a meet of the Limerick Hounds, images of a gardener’s house after a fire and of a biplane in a field. Many of the images are faded, some have been torn out and others marred by hand-coloured frames. Most of the images bear captions and dates. For loose items originally inserted between the pages of the album, see P69/1/19-20. Outsize. This item requires conservation treatment and is too fragile to be safely handled.
