Category Archives: Co Westmeath

Greetings from Mullingar

by igt_admin Posted on November 9, 2015

Posted in either 1906 or 1908, this postcard featuring a mustachioed soldier walking across Mullingar Barracks Square is typical of many produced in Ireland from 1890 onward. To contemporary eyes, the image is striking in its ordinariness: where is the … Continue reading →

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Barrack Street: a contested street name

by igt_admin Posted on March 5, 2013

I have always found the street name ‘Barrack Street’ interesting because it is determinedly, unapologetically, literal. There is a barracks here, so that’s what we will call the street. It is similar to ‘Main Street’, an Irish street name whose … Continue reading →

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Soldiers’ Homes: a refuge from temptation

by igt_admin Posted on September 21, 2012

‘To provide a home for the soldiers of this garrison, where they can feel that they will be free from the influence of those elements for evil which ever beset a soldiers’ path in every large city.’ 1 This was … Continue reading →

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