Donegal's yesteryears in photos

muffler

Following on from the Donegal photo game thread we have decided to open a new thread for people to post any old photos they have of Donegal. We can run this along the same lies as the other thread in that someone can post an old pic and leave it for others to guess where it is.

Alternatively people can just post a pic and say what or where it is if they wish.

Bring it on

donegal_road

where is this? (are old ones allowed?)

byte

donegal_road wrote: »

where is this? (are old ones allowed?)

New Row, Donegal town?

donegal_road

byte wrote: »

New Row, Donegal town?

New Row it is

ootbitb

donegal_road wrote: »

where is this? (are old ones allowed?)

more old ones would be good.

muffler

ootbitb wrote: »

more old ones would be good.

Agreed but I dont know if this is the right thread or not for them. I know the thread here started off as a bit of fun and a guessing game but it has garnished some fantastic photos of the county and the thread would be a great asset in showing off some of the magnificent sights and scenery to potential visitors to the county especially Boards.ie members.

Apart from the members we do get a lot (and I mean a lot) of non members viewing the posts here but what I'll do is have a talk with homer about this and get back to you all.


Edit: Having talked this over with homer we agreed that it would be best to have 2 separate threads with this one now being for old pics

muffler

A couple of posts above moved from the "photo game" thread.

Senna

Couple from around the Port Bridge in Letterkenny

donegal_road

this wont last long

retalivity

an older ballyshannon?

donegal_road

correct, Ballyshannon it is, not sure what year though. Here is the full shot

donegal_road

one more for luck,

muffler

donegal_road wrote: »

one more for luck,

That would be St Conals but Im a tad confused about the semi circular windows??

donegal_road

St. Conals it is.

Here is the full shot, the old barracks at Sprackburn is in the foreground, I thought that it was the back of the old St Conal's church but on closer inspection it looks like this was some sort of church that was built onto the front of the hospital, I can find out.. that shot looks like it was taken almost 100 years ago?

muffler

donegal_road wrote: »

St. Conals it is.

Here is the full shot, the old barracks at Sprackburn is in the foreground, I thought that it was the back of the old St Conal's church but on closer inspection it looks like this was some sort of church that was built onto the front of the hospital, I can find out.. that shot looks like it was taken almost 100 years ago?

It does indeed look as if there was some form of a chapel built onto the main building but its obviously now removed. Interesting.

Termonator

muffler wrote: »

It does indeed look as if there was some form of a chapel built onto the main building but its obviously now removed. Interesting.

Is it not just the Vestry which is still there as a little cafe or something?

muffler

Termonator wrote: »

Is it not just the Vestry which is still there as a little cafe or something?

It appears the long narrow windows in the original pic were replaced sometime during the last 100 years. Link to Google street view

donegal_road

another oldie

ootbitb

Kilmacrenan?

donegal_road

ootbitb wrote: »

Kilmacrenan?

Kilmacrenan is right

donegal_road

here is another

ootbitb

Milford maybe.

donegal_road

ootbitb wrote: »

Milford maybe.

Milford is right

Senna

donegal_man

Love old postcards and have a pretty good collection at this stage. Can anyone tell me where these two buildings were or are in Letterkenny? I'll delete them if there's any copyright issue.

ootbitb

First one might be Rockhill House.

donegal_man

ootbitb wrote: »

First one might be Rockhill House.

Thank you

sesswhat

Senna wrote: »

Looks like Pettigo.

ootbitb

Some nice oldies here:

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~donegal/raymoghypics.htm

sesswhat

donegal_man wrote: »

Love old postcards and have a pretty good collection at this stage. Can anyone tell me where these two buildings were or are in Letterkenny? I'll delete them if there's any copyright issue.

This one is Hillmount Manse up past the Garda station on the New Line Road.

sesswhat

donegal_man wrote: »

I think this was Fox Hall, which used to be here.

donegal_man

sesswhat wrote: »

This one is Hillmount Manse up past the Garda station on the New Line Road.

Thank you very much, must take a turn up that way the next time I'm in town (assuming it's still standing that is)

sesswhat wrote: »

I think this was Fox Hall, which used to be here.

Thank you very much as well. I'm going to guess that there's no sign of it any more

sesswhat

donegal_man wrote: »

Thank you very much, must take a turn up that way the next time I'm in town (assuming it's still standing that is)

Hillmount Manse - Take the postcard with you and I think you'll be surprised by how little has changed (apart from the trees).

donegal_man wrote: »

Thank you very much as well. I'm going to guess that there's no sign of it any more

Fox Hall was quite a big estate. Looking at aerial photos, many of the outbuildings seem to have survived, but the house has gone.

muffler

sesswhat wrote: »

Fox Hall was quite a big estate. Looking at aerial photos, many of the outbuildings seem to have survived, but the house has gone.

Was this mentioned in a thread from a couple/few years go? It rings a bell. Must have a snoop around

sesswhat

muffler wrote: »

Was this mentioned in a thread from a couple/few years go? It rings a bell. Must have a snoop around

Don't know muffler

It's probably best known now for the Glenswilly GAA ground, so maybe the name came up in relation to that?

muffler

sesswhat wrote: »

Don't know muffler

It's probably best known now for the Glenswilly GAA ground, so maybe the name came up in relation to that?

Possibly yeah. I recall someone discussing an old building/buildings somewhere in that general direction and linking to the old OSI map some time ago and thought it was the same place. Probably somewhere different alright as I couldnt find anything (other than posts here) when entering Fox Hall into the search box

Firblog

there is a page on facebook called 'think you're from killybegs?" which has loads of old photos on it - mostly concentrating on the people - but some from around the area which are 100+ years old. Page here I have to say that I think it's the best page on Facebook that I've come across; but then I'm from around there so i'd have more of an interest in the postings than most..

byte

Similar for Donegal Town.

Joe 90

Buncrana/Inishowen

http://www.inishowen.net/The-Miller-Collection/Part1/

Wishbone Ash

donegal_man wrote: »

Thank you very much, must take a turn up that way the next time I'm in town (assuming it's still standing that is)

sesswhat wrote: »

Hillmount Manse - Take the postcard with you and I think you'll be surprised by how little has changed (apart from the trees)

Wasn't that the official residence of the Church of Ireland (or Presbyterian ?) Minister in Letterkenny?

donegal_man

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Wasn't that the official residence of the Church of Ireland (or Presbyterian ?) Minister in Letterkenny?

Probably Presbyterian, CoI is usually referred to as a rectory.

Anyway here are a couple I took when I first moved to Letterkenny in 1988-1989. The Main Street has changed quite a bit since then and there is an apartment building where the church hall used to stand.

muffler

donegal_man wrote: »

Probably Presbyterian, CoI is usually referred to as a rectory.

Anyway here are a couple I took when I first moved to Letterkenny in 1988-1989. The Main Street has changed quite a bit since then and there is an apartment building where the church hall used to stand.

For some reason or other those images dont display. Is it just me?

L1011

They were there last night, but not now.

Maldesu

They're up for me. Where was the Parochial Hall? I remember it when I see the image but just can't place where.

donegal_man

muffler wrote: »

For some reason or other those images dont display. Is it just me?

Weirdly not showing on phone for me either. I'm on the road to Sligo atm, if the problem persists I'll repost 'em when I get back this evening.

donegal_man

Maldesu wrote: »

They're up for me. Where was the Parochial Hall? I remember it when I see the image but just can't place where.

Where the apartment building is now, a couple of doors down from McCallion's jewellery.

muffler

donegal_man wrote: »

Weirdly not showing on phone for me either. I'm on the road to Sligo atm, if the problem persists I'll repost 'em when I get back this evening.

I normally use Firefox for browsing and there's nothing at all showing in it. I switched to Iternet Exporer and Im just getting 2 red X's

donegal_man

muffler wrote: »

I normally use Firefox for browsing and there's nothing at all showing in it. I switched to Iternet Exporer and Im just getting 2 red X's

Showing in Firefox for me at home. But just in case no-one else can see 'em, they're attached to this post.

Wishbone Ash

There used to be another hall on the Port Road - the Masonic Hall. Is is still there? It had the square and compass symbol over the door.

Maldesu

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

There used to be another hall on the Port Road - the Masonic Hall. Is is still there? It had the square and compass symbol over the door.

Yeah, the Freemason hall is still there. Got a paint job about 4 years back. I've never seen anyone go inside it though. I'd love to know when it was built.

buckfasterer

Maldesu wrote: »

Yeah, the Freemason hall is still there. Got a paint job about 4 years back. I've never seen anyone go inside it though. I'd love to know when it was built.

You need to be taught the secret handshake and special nod before you can be trusted with that sort of knowledge :P