Postcard
Collection object
1987.0318
L. 14.1 x W. 9.0
Postcard, colour, matt. Tinted over b/w. Black Abbey, Adare, Co. Limerick. Obv: View of Black Abbey from South / across road. Title, black, bottom right. Rev: Printed dark green. Top, centre, Post Card, with below, a short double line, with, descending from the centre, dividing the card, a double line. Left: For Inland Postage this Space, as / well as the Back, may now be used / for communication. / (vacant line) / For foreign postage the back only. / (Post Office Regulation). Right: The address only to be / written here. Lower left, parallel to left edge, W. Lawrence, Publisher, Dublin. Top right, dotted rectangular stamp frame, the right side of which is replaced by Printed in Germany, and within it is Inland / 1/2d. / Stamp. / Foreign / 1d. Not posted. Across full length of card, " The tower is one of these / very massive square towers almost like a keep which are / frequently seen in Irish fourteenth cen (sic) monasteries & / sometimes in those of an earlier foundation / 34 ft x 31 ft are the measurements the greater / dimension being from N to S.