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| Keywords: the stereo pairs photograph collection thestereopairsphotographcollection lawrence collection lawrencecollection stereographic negatives stereographicnegatives james simonton jamessimonton frederick holland mares frederickhollandmares john fortune lawrence johnfortunelawrence william mervyn lawrence williammervynlawrence national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland 1690 battle of the boyne battleoftheboyne william of orange williamoforange boyne obelisk boyneobelisk county meath countymeath county louth countylouth obelisk bridge obeliskbridge drybridge blown up blownup edward 'the pope' heeney edwardthepopeheeney oldbridge blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Today we change from the misery of a downtrodden people to a memorial to someone long dead. Drogheda is an historic and fascinating town and we really looked forward to finding out more about this obelisk. And the community didn't disappoint - with thanks to DannyM8, beachcomberaustralia, O Mac, sharon.corbet, and John Spooner we learned a lot about the obelisk today. Including it's location (across the Boyne between Meath and Louth), purpose (to commemorate the crossing of William of Orange in 1690), date of construction (1736), and its fate (blown-up in the 1920s). Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Collection Date: c.1860-1883 (refined to 1869-1883) NLI Ref: STP_1936 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie Today we change from the misery of a downtrodden people to a memorial to someone long dead. Drogheda is an historic and fascinating town and we really looked forward to finding out more about this obelisk. And the community didn't disappoint - with thanks to DannyM8, beachcomberaustralia, O Mac, sharon.corbet, and John Spooner we learned a lot about the obelisk today. Including it's location (across the Boyne between Meath and Louth), purpose (to commemorate the crossing of William of Orange in 1690), date of construction (1736), and its fate (blown-up in the 1920s). Photographers: Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton Contributor: John Fortune Lawrence Collection: Stereo Pairs Collection Date: c.1860-1883 (refined to 1869-1883) NLI Ref: STP_1936 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie Today we change from the misery of a downtrodden people to a memorial to someone long dead. Drogheda is an historic and fascinating town and we really looked forward to finding out more about this obelisk. And the community didn't disappoint - with thanks to <b><a href="/photos/79549245@N06/" rel="nofollow">DannyM8</a></b>, <b><a href="/photos/beachcomberaustralia/" rel="nofollow">beachcomberaustralia</a></b>, <b><a href="/photos/91549360@N03/" rel="nofollow">O Mac</a></b>, <b><a href="/photos/129555378@N07/" rel="nofollow">sharon.corbet</a></b>, and <b><a href="/photos/johnspooner/" rel="nofollow">John Spooner</a></b> we learned a lot about the obelisk today. Including it's location (across the Boyne between Meath and Louth), purpose (to commemorate the crossing of William of Orange in 1690), date of construction (1736), and its fate (blown-up in the 1920s). Photographers: <b> Frederick Holland Mares, James Simonton</b> Contributor: <b> John Fortune Lawrence</b> Collection: <b><a href="http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000034077" rel="nofollow">Stereo Pairs Collection</a></b> Date: c.1860-1883 (refined to 1869-1883) NLI Ref: <b><a href="http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000565252" rel="nofollow">STP_1936</a></b> You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at <a href="http://catalogue.nli.ie" rel="nofollow">catalogue.nli.ie</a> countylouth blownup oldbridge countymeath 1690 williamoforange nationallibraryofireland battleoftheboyne drybridge lawrencecollection stereographicnegatives jamessimonton frederickhollandmares boyneobelisk thestereopairsphotographcollection johnfortunelawrence williammervynlawrence edwardthepopeheeney obeliskbridge | ||||
