Postcard
Collection object
1991.0287
H.10.6 W.15
Postcard, colour, matt; white margin across bottom; title in left bottom margin, "Beach and West End, Kilkee, Co. Clare, Ireland." and "Colour photo by John Hinde F.R.P.S." at right edge. View shows the sands, with sea at left, with town rising on low cliffs on far side of bay; in foreground several people sun-bathing just below a line of pebbles, while the rest of beach is dotted with people moving up, down and along the beach. Reverse printed in grey-black; bottom left a rectangle with an outline map of Ireland with dot over Kilkee and location arrow; to left of previous "Kilkee Co. Clare: Kilkee is a very attractive seaside resort/ on the west coast of Clare, and is a firm favourite with/ thousands of holiday-makers. The town is built around the semi-/ circular Moore Bay, guarded on either side by low cliffs, and/ protected from the full force of the Atlantic by the reef called/ the Duggerna Rocks. The resort has excellent bathing facilities; there is a sporting nine-hole golf course, and the sea angler/ can enjoy shore and boat fishing."; below that "No 2/124 Lithographed and published by John Hinde at Dalkey, Co. Dublin, Eire."; at centre top rectangle with circles in diagonally opposite corners linked by a horizontal line, with "John Hinde" above and "Original" below the line; five lines for address to right; Green two pingin stamp, Eire, showing the outline map of Ireland under an arch inscribed Eire, with Celtic interlace on the pillars and shamrocks in the spandrels. Circular black cancellation "Cill Chaoidhe Co. An Chlair [Kilkee]" in outer ring "? ??/ 21 VII/ 6?" in centre. Posted to Mrs Campbell, Sunville Lodge, N.C.Rds. Limerick, from Mary, message spending week here with Rita.
John Hinde (published by)