A chap in a Bowler Hat and Jodhpurs walks down Castle St. Checking the National Bank at the Market Cross shows it has the previous Blind Pilaster from previous Architecture so this picture probably dates from 1900.

Upper Castle St 2

In this picture we also have the Blind Pilaster in the Bank as above but significantly there is no Lower Bay window in what was to be J.K.C's

Same day but different viewpoint. The young lad has moved towards his pals and a cart has appeared in the middle

Bolands Bread Delivery during WW1

In this picture of Upper Castle St we have a chap on a Donkey and cart, delivering bread for Bolands Bakery. He has stopped to watch the photographer and his set-up. Some young lads, who obviously know him have stopped to chat. Maybe they’re related. Are they going or coming from school. Going I should think as it’s pointless delivering bread in the afternoon. 

Some of the schoolboys have shoes, caps and a collar, carrying books under their arms. Some of the others have no footwear. A man stands to watch whilst another views all from his vantage point on a bench outside the Hibernian Hotel. We also have the pre-cursor for the bay window in what would later be J.K.C.’s. Behind this scene, we have a bunch of men sitting on the much lamented and missed Post Office steps, watching the world go by or perhaps putting it to right.

Across the road the shops go about their business. Harkness at No 46 offer Eley Shotgun Cartridges for sale. In the next two shops at 45 & 44, we have Jeremiah O’Brien selling Wine Spirits and Tobacco. Sandwiched between St Johns, Purveyor of Jewellery and Musicial Instruments at 42 and O’Briens, is Stephen Flannery’s Cycle Shop at 43. That dark rectangle overhead is an advert for Dunlop.

Upper Castle St 3

From Peter St we have Hodgins (52), Days (51). North Tipperary Club, Lecture Hall, Carroll's (47), Harkness (46), O'Briens (45). Did the Lecture Hall swallow two properties when it was built?

Spout Road Corner

A man in a Bowler hat sat in a chair watching the sashaying moves of a young woman crossing Castle St at the junction of Spout Road (Loemans Corner)

Days Stationers

A bucolic Summers Day and a family group gather outside of Fred Days to watch the photographer go about his business. A man with a huge handle-bar moustache is the recently retired RGA RSM Michael Doran, from the Military Barracks who is now employed as a steward in the North Tipperary Club next door to Day's. His daughter Mary Agnes looks perfectly relaxed siting in one of Fred Day's deckchairs. Notice the open windows and the blinds drawn to prevent the sun bleaching the furniture.

The Man in the Window

The Bay Window of the North Tipperary Club and an unknown man is in the prime spot by the window reading his newspaper. The club motto over the door was 

"Strictly gentlemen by Profession and Gender"

The building was take over by The Gaelic League in 1952

A strange enough occurance ......yer man gets off his bike to watch the photographer at work. Meanwhile outside Talbots many ladders abound .

Not too busy but the workmens ladders are out

Hodgin's, Fred Day's and the North Tipperary Club

The Hi-B and O'Meara's Hotel

Two places of significance for July of 1922. Notice the men sitting on the much missed steps.

Fair Day on Castle St 

The Fair Day in Aonach Urumhan - The Fair of Ormond ....the Drovers, The Cattlemen, The Gombeen men, the Bargains and the Luck Penny...and the state of the street when it was all over and the bargain sealed with a pint in the Hi-B .....all confined now to the purpose built mart

The Munster & Leinster Bank before it became the A.I.B.

Day's Stationers and Hodgin's are now gone and the Munster & Leinster Bank built on the footprint. This in turn would be demolished for the Bunker style A.I.B. present today