Postcard
Collection object
1991.0296
H.10.5 W.15
Postcard, colour, glossy; white margin at bottom with title at centre "Thatched Cottages at Adare, Co. Limerick, Ireland". View shows the row of cottages with the road at left; a single car is parked against the pavement. Reverse printed in blue; at bottom left "Thatched cottages, Adare Co. Limerick: Set in/ beautiful wooded surroundings on the west bank of the River Maigue/ on the main Limerick-Killarney road, Adare is one of Ireland's prettiest/ villages. It is famous for its unusual thatched cottages and ancient/ mediaeval churches. Two abbeys within the town have been restored,/ one as a Catholic Church, the other, an Augustinian foundation of the/14th century, is now a Church of Ireland. The village of Adare is part/ of the estate of the Earls of Dunraven, descendants of Thady Quin,/ who first leased the castle and lands of Adare in 1683./Published by Cardall Ltd., Dublin, Printed in the Republic of Ireland 295"; at centre top a blue rhomboid with a large letter C inside with "Cardall" up the upstroke of the letter; five lines for address to the right; box for stamp at top right corner, partially obscured by stamp. Blue 22p stamp, Eire, definitive issue showing a rectangular tower house, with circular bawn tower in front; set sideways. Wavy line cancellation over the stamp, with circular cancellation to the left; the cancellation is askew so that the place name in the circular cancellation is off the edge of the card; otherwise reads "3 15 PM/ 22 May/ 1984". Addressed to P.O Box 1057, R.T.E. Donnybrook, Dublin 4, from J. Hayes, 33 Emerald Vs., Clare St., Limerick; sent in answer to a quiz. Pencil dealer's mark at centre top "20p".
Cardall Ltd (published by)