Clane People Long Ago
Enjoy our collection of photos of well known and some lesser well known people from Clane long ago. We would welcome old photographs about people, places and placenames of Clane in bygone days.
Left: Elizabeth Griffith - mother of Richard Griffith.
Right: Painting of Richard Griffith of Millicent House by George Romney in the late 18th century. Richard Griffith made his fortune with the East India company.
Right: Painting of Richard Griffith of Millicent House by George Romney in the late 18th century. Richard Griffith made his fortune with the East India company.
Students of Clongowes College Wood in James Joyce's time in the late 1800s.
Clane Gaelic Football Team- Winners of the 1916 Senior Football Championship
Buildings along the Main Street of Clane and the people associated with them in the 1900s as recalled by the late John Noonan.
The following selection of old photographs were largely gathered by John Noonan.
The following selection of old photographs were largely gathered by John Noonan.
Wedding Photo of Christy McCormack and Margaret Cunningham in 1904
Alphonsus O'Neill's Bar and Grocery shop in the mid 1900s. Alphonsus was the son of James O'Neill who is photographed outside O'Neill's with Alphonsus and another of his sons in the early 1900s.
Past Postmen of Clane
Left: Christy McCormack & Right: Jimmy Reddy
Left: Christy McCormack & Right: Jimmy Reddy
James and Kathleen Jones
James and Matilda Jones
Paddy Lavin’s Son Matt with Caroline Fox, Minnie Hickson and Betty Murphy
Back - Garda James O’Donnell, Mai Fielding (Drapery), Garda Tom McGuiness, Leo Butler (Bread Man)
Front - Paddy Lavin (Grocer), George Delany (Bicycle Shop), James Geoghegan (Publican)