Postcard
Collection object
1991.0167
H.10.4 W.14.9
Postcard, colour, glossy; white margin at bottom, with title at left "Corkscrew Hill, Co. Clare, Ireland." and "Photo: R. Beer, John Hinde Studios" at right. View from the top of the hill looking back towards Ballyvaughan and Galway Bay; in the foreground a red car is negotiating a hairpin bend; white hotel building at centre right; at extreme front left is a very out of focus fuchsia. Reverse printed in black except for a red rectangle at bottom left; inside rectangle is an outline map of Ireland with a location dot and arrow, both black, for the view; to the right of that, "Corkscrew Hill, Co. Clare: One of the most/ popular drives in Co. Clare is from Lisdoonvarna by the/ coast to Ballyvaughan and around Black Head returning/ by the Corkscrew Hill through the Burren Hills. The Burren/ is a "karst" like area of bare limestone hills/ covering about 50 square miles and extending north and/ north-west from Lisdoonvarna. The thin soil of its/ hollows and crevices supports the most remarkable/ assemblage of divers types of flora to be found in/ Ireland."; across bottom left "Printed and Published by John Hinde Limited, Cabinteely, Co. Dublin, Irish Republic."; "2/351" at top left; at centre top a grey rectangle with two circles in diagonally opposed corners, linked by a horizontal line, with "John Hinde" above and "Original" below the line; five lines for address to right; box for stamp at top partially obscured by stamp. Brown 2 1/2p stamp, Eire, definitive issue of a Celtic style beast biting its own tale. Circular black cancellation, not entirely legible reads "Ro.......cain/ Gaillim" around edge and ".../26 OC/ 72" (26th October) at centre. Addressed to Miss Joe Coyne, 128 N.C. Road, Dublin, written by Kitty at Ballyvaughan "25/9/72" ; message, weather fine, could we meet up on 4th Oct. Note that the date stamp is later than the proposed meeting; suggest month on cancellation changed in error.
John Hinde (published by)