Old Photo of St. Patrick's Street

hbr

Can anyone identify the large building on the hill? (Top RHS). I reckon it is somewhere
between Sidney Park and Old Youghal Road. There is a link to a high-res version on
the page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Patrick_Street_Cork2.jpg

Many Thanks.

radiospan

Interested to know too.

It says it will be Wikipedia's photo of the day on Patrick's Day next year

Great detail in the full version: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Patrick_Street_Cork2.jpg

Is the Father Mathew Statue in this photo? It says the photo is from 1890-1900, but the statue says it was unveiled in 1864: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fr_Matthew.jpg

evilivor

hbr wrote: »

Can anyone identify the large building on the hill? (Top RHS). I reckon it is somewhere
between Sidney Park and Old Youghal Road. There is a link to a high-res version on
the page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Patrick_Street_Cork2.jpg

Many Thanks.

Would it be Sydney House? In 1871 there's a place of that name registered to a Fitzgibbon, Victor B. see link.

http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:0gB59Ih5PegJ:www.failteromhat.com/lo1876/corkc.htm+sidney+house+cork&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ie&client=firefox-a

tommmy1979

trams on the streets.. we've been going backwards since then in terms of public transport.. remember this when you've a canvasser on your doorstep during the next general election.

T

minidazzler

plazzTT wrote: »

Interested to know too.

It says it will be Wikipedia's photo of the day on Patrick's Day next year

Great detail in the full version: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Patrick_Street_Cork2.jpg

Is the Father Mathew Statue in this photo? It says the photo is from 1890-1900, but the statue says it was unveiled in 1864: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fr_Matthew.jpg

It is in there, Centre Middle of the Photo, you will see an arrow like thing pointing up, right above that is Fr. Matthew. Hard to see, but he is there!

hbr

Found it! It was in an old map from 1906. Government House.
http://digital.nli.ie/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/glassplates&CISOPTR=19291&CISOBOX=1&REC=8

http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/history/chapter113.html

Thanks for your replies.

hbr

plazzTT wrote: »

Great detail in the full version: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Patrick_Street_Cork2.jpg

It is a stunning picture. I have found the exact spot where it was taken.
The length and angle of the shadows show that it was taken before
midday during the summer. The street was full of buses and Christmas
stuff today. I will try to do a then-and-now picture next summer.

curly from cork

i enjoyed looking at that photo, would love another couple to look if you get a chance to post up a few.

sallystar

Think that house was part of Christians until the 80's. My brother had a few classes up there (Invokes powerful memories of the smell of mouldy sandwiches). It was knocked to make way for the new Christians building.Such a shame. Used to belong to Winston Churchills grandparents.My dad's from up that area so I'll ask him to have a look at it. Beautiful picture.

Stargate

minidazzler wrote: »

It is in there, Centre Middle of the Photo, you will see an arrow like thing pointing up, right above that is Fr. Matthew. Hard to see, but he is there!

minidazzler well spotted

MunsterCycling

hbr wrote: »

Found it! It was in an old map from 1906. Government House.
http://digital.nli.ie/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/glassplates&CISOPTR=19291&CISOBOX=1&REC=8

http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/history/chapter113.html

Thanks for your replies.

Exactly right. Now part of the Christians Complex

vector

This is a great thread

I couldn't decide if that Pana image was a painting or photo, It must be a BW photo that was colourized by hand? because Patks Bridge is in BW

That house looks so elegant, like something in Cobh overlooking the Rail yard. Its demolition is a real loss to the heritage and the people of Cork, even if it had remained in Private Ownership it would have shone a beam of excellence down to Pana.

I recently walked from St Lukes to Patricks Hill, and the place is looking run down... the red bricks on the once elegant three stories buildings are weathered and crumbling, most are converted into flats.

Solair

Well, when people were getting €1000+ / month for any old crappy standard of a flat, they chopped up the houses into "apartments" (I use that term loosely)

Hopefully, a bit of a reality check in the property market might see them turned back into houses again.

There really needs to be tighter planning around what can be turned into multi-occupancy dwellings.

I'm not just being snobby, but many of these old buildings are totally unsuitable to be used as flats unless they're completely converted in a proper way.

What's there at the moment is just chopped up houses.

The landlords also need to be compelled to keep them in better condition.

There are some truly disgracefully dilapidated buildings around the City Centre, particularly around areas like Castle Street, Washington Street etc.

I'm also noticing that some of the grand houses along Patrick's Hill and Wellington Road are starting to look really shabby.

It's a shame as they're key parts of what makes up this city.

hbr

hbr wrote: »

It is a stunning picture. I have found the exact spot where it was taken.
The length and angle of the shadows show that it was taken before
midday during the summer. The street was full of buses and Christmas
stuff today. I will try to do a then-and-now picture next summer.

How time flies! Here we are in mid summer:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=66609170&postcount=651