Postcard
Collection object
1997.0261
H. 9.0 W. 13.9
Postcard, colour matt, landscape format. Picture of a stylised Irish landscape with round tower next to sea with church and high cross nearby and wolfhound in foreground and "Erin go/ bragh" on scroll below around a harp; all inside a border of shamrocks, mistletoe and holly, with verse to right "Oft in the stilly night./ Ere slumbers chains have bound me;/ Fond memory brings the light/ Of other days around me."; above whole "From dear old Abbeyfeale"; across bottom "Wishing you a very Happy Christmas". Message down right side "From your loving sister Mary". Reverse printed in black; "Post Card" at centre top; to left "This part may be used/ for correspondence/ for Inland use only."; to right "Address to be written here". Pale green halfpenny postage revenue stamp of Edward VII at top right. Circular cancellation running off edge "[Abbey]feale R.S.O./ [??] PM/ [D]E 24/ [0]6". Addressed to Miss Elizabeth Gahan, New Street, Abbeyfeale, message space blank. Pencil dealer's marks at top "Ire" and "£12.50"