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| Keywords: horse-drawn tram horsedrawntram tram advertising cork harbour munster ireland clown cricketers clowncricketers munster hall munsterhall mardyke cricket ground mardykecricketground cricket gunn & fergusons gunnfergusons 5 winthrop street 5winthropstreet pianofortes harmoniums stephens dining rooms stephensdiningrooms number two numbertwo stereoscopic collection stereoscopiccollection stereo pairs stereopairs stereographic negatives stereographicnegatives stereoscope james simonton jamessimonton frederick holland mares frederickhollandmares john lawrence johnlawrence lawrence collection lawrencecollection horses ships masts steamers funnels 19th century 19thcentury london clown cricketers londonclowncricketers kennedy quay kennedyquay cork city tramways corkcitytramways starbuck and birkenhead starbuckandbirkenhead tram no. 6 tramno6 date established dateestablished goods depot goodsdepot penrose quay penrosequay national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Knew there was no way we couldn't date this - how often did the London Clown Cricketers come to the Munster Hall and Mardyke Cricket Ground? (At the very least thought there'd be newspaper reports of mothers locking up their daughters!) Thanks to DannyM8 for pointing out Ger Siggins' excellent account of the Clown Cricketers at Lansdowne Road in Dublin (from Lansdowne Road: the stadium, the matches, the greatest days) and to John Spooner for his newspaper searching. It looks as if the Clown Cricketers played Cork on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th August 1874. So, I hereby declare this one August 1874! Date: August 1874 NLI Ref: STP_1802 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie Knew there was no way we couldn't date this - how often did the London Clown Cricketers come to the Munster Hall and Mardyke Cricket Ground? (At the very least thought there'd be newspaper reports of mothers locking up their daughters!) Thanks to DannyM8 for pointing out Ger Siggins' excellent account of the Clown Cricketers at Lansdowne Road in Dublin (from Lansdowne Road: the stadium, the matches, the greatest days) and to John Spooner for his newspaper searching. It looks as if the Clown Cricketers played Cork on Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th August 1874. So, I hereby declare this one August 1874! Date: August 1874 NLI Ref: STP_1802 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie | ||||
