Postcard
Collection object
2005.0017
H. 11.5 W. 20.0
Postcard, b/w. Title at bottom right "Bridge St., Newcastlewest, Co. Limerick". Busy scene, looking up street from a height towards square, several carts against left kerb, two moving away from camera, many pedestrians mostly on shaded left side of street; M. McCoy over one shop, Hotel Munster above adjacent building. Reverse printed in black; at bottom left "The Irish who resisted emigration after the Great Famine in the 1840's found/ almost as many wonders at home as did their 2 million or so compatriots/ who survived the "coffin ships" to build new futures in America./ The first steam trains appeared- and the new fangled machines brought/ farmers from their sometimes barren plots to the fast growing towns and/ cities. Textile and other industries sprang up in these centres bolstering the/ depressed agriculturally based economy- which had, unfortunately depended/ largely on the blight stricken spud (potato)/ With the occasional motor car taking the place of the horse and carriage, life/ at home must sometimes have been nearly as exciting as that in the "New/ World"!" "; to right box for stamp and five address lines. Neither used nor posted.