Photograph
Collection object
2001.0485.06
H. 10.3 W. 14.9
Postcard,b/w, matt. General View of the Spa Wells, Lisdoonvarna, Co Clare. View from a height of the spa buildings, stream with bridge l., Thomond Hotel on hilltop behind r. Many people sitting on benches in foreground. Title in white bottom r. R/ Printed brown, headed Post (logo, circle with drawing of Mungret Abbey, 'Mungret / Series' in exergue) Card / (left) Correspondence (right) Address. Vertical divide consisting of 'Irish Tourist Association Photo - Copyright. / Printed in Eire for J. G. B. Ltd. Solid outline for stamp. Text on stub: The Spa Wells, Lisdoonvarna - Apart from its / popularity as a holiday resort, the curative properties / of its Iron and Sulpher Springs have made it famous. / Many eminent medical men have paid tribute to its / health-giving waters. These comprise the Sulphurous; / the Chalybeate (or Iron) and Magnesia Springs. They / all contaijn that very valuable therapeutic element, Iodine.
Irish Tourist Association (published by)