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Wicklow / Re: Do you know where this pump is in Wicklow?
« on: Thursday 24 May 12 16:35 BST (UK)  »
I sent it to a relative in Ireland and having read the posts he thinks it might be Sugarloaf too. In all likelihood it was taken in that area. Thank you for your interest. Maybe some mysteries don't have a solution.

Ann

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Wicklow / Re: Do you know where this pump is in Wicklow?
« on: Thursday 24 May 12 02:04 BST (UK)  »
I've tried enlarging the photo but still can't read the writing on the pump. It was an old black and white snapshot - not very large to begin with - which I scanned at the highest resolution that I could.

It's truly a needle in a haystack to think about finding this location. Someone who lived in that area who remembers a pump and somehow recognizes the house is probably the only one who could say for sure where it is.

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Wicklow / Re: Do you know where this pump is in Wicklow?
« on: Wednesday 23 May 12 16:09 BST (UK)  »
Hello again

What in the picture do you identify as Sugarloaf?

I've seen it from Powerscourt but can't identify anything in the photo that looks like a mountain or even a hill. Behind the haystack it just looks like another low building. I've enhanced the photo as much as I could but still don't see anything but rather flat farmland with a house behind the haystack.


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Wicklow / COMPLETED - THANK YOU - Do you know where this pump is in Wicklow?
« on: Wednesday 23 May 12 15:42 BST (UK)  »
Thank you so much JAD81.

I'm not in Ireland but will sure make a point of going to Roundwood on my next visit. In the meantime I'll see if any of my Irish relatives feel like going for a drive and checking this out for themselves.  I guess my Dad and Uncle were rather off-track on their guess where our roots were - close to the intersection of Wicklow, Carlow and Wexford.

Ann

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Dublin / Re: Do you know this park?
« on: Saturday 09 April 11 00:14 BST (UK)  »
Thank you. I can see that I'll be busy touring Dublin parks on my next visit. It may not be the Phoenix Park after all.

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Dublin / Completed: Do you know this park?
« on: Friday 08 April 11 23:21 BST (UK)  »
Thank you Tony. I will have to visit the Phoenix Park with renewed interest next time I'm in Ireland. I had a similar reply to a posting on the Wicklow mailing list which resulted in a personal exchange, saying almost exactly the same thing. I'm certain now that's where it must have been taken. :)

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Dublin / Do you know this park?
« on: Friday 08 April 11 22:23 BST (UK)  »
The photo is of my Dad when he was on leave after serving in England in WWII. He and his brother visited Ireland for a week. The writing on the back simply says "Park in Dublin, 5 Sept 45". Would anyone be able to identify the location. I've been unable to enhance the picture enough to determine anything at all.

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Wicklow / Do you know where this pump is in Wicklow?
« on: Friday 08 April 11 22:21 BST (UK)  »
This photo was taken in Co Wicklow in 1945 and I'm hoping that someone may recognize the pump and can identify the location for me. It is a picture of my uncle when he visited the county after serving in Europe in WWII. All he knew at the time was the family originated in Wicklow. He and my Dad, his brother, took a bus from Dublin to wherever this is, and then went back to Dublin the same day. It is impossible for me to decipher the plaque on the pump. Both my uncle and my Dad have passed away and there is nobody to ask.

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