Postcard
Collection object
1991.0162
H.10.5 W.14.9
Postcard, colour, glossy; white margin across bottom in which title at left "Village of Adare, Co. Limerick, Ireland." and "Colour Photo by John Hinde F.R.P.S." at right. View shows the Trinitarian priory from the east, taken across the front garden of a house, the garden has beds of yellow and red flowers; at left the main street runs into the distance, a man on a horse and cart loaded with milk churns is coming towards camera, while another ditto is moving away further down the street; there is a fine yew tree in the church grounds. Reverse printed in grey but for a red rectangle at bottom left; in rectangle, an outline map of Ireland with grey location dot and arrow; to right of rectangle, "Village of Adare Co. Limerick: This pretty/ village- an old-world place of quaint thatched cottages/ and lichened mediaeval churches- is set in wooded/ surroundings on the west bank of the Maigue where/ the Limerick-Killarney road crosses that river. Two abbeys within the town have been restored, one as/ a Catholic Church, the other, an ancient Augustinian/ foundation, is now a Church of Ireland. In the latter is the causoleum[sic] of the Dunraven family, whose estate/ includes the village of Adare."; across bottom left "Printed and Published by John Hinde Limited, Cabinteely, Co. Dublin, Irish Republic."; "2/176" at top left; at centre top a grey rectangle with two circles at diagonally opposite corners linked by a horizontal line, with "John Hinde" above and "original" below the line; five lines for address at right; box for stamp at top right corner. Unposted and unused.
John Hinde (published by)