This is James P. O'Dea (left) and Fred McDonagh raising a glass at a pub in Moyvalley, Co. Kildare. By the looks of the CIÉ logo on Fred's jacket, he was one of the many railway workers all over Ireland, who would have known James very well.
Originally, we just knew the railwayman as Fred, but his grandson Traingraham identified him as Fred McDonagh, who lived in the station in Moyvalley till he died on 7 July 1977.
A couple of commenters have suggested that this was Furey's Pub in Moyvalley.
James O'Dea was the photographer responsible for many of the train and railway photos you'll see here on our photostream. He was a founding member of the Irish Railway Records Society in 1946. James was also nephew of the famous Dublin comedian and entertainer, Jimmy O'Dea.
Date: Wednesday, 23 August 1961
NLI Ref.: ODEA27/19
the great unwanted, swordscookie, patembois, Star Cat, and 36 other people added this photo to their favorites.
swordscookie 20 months ago | reply
What's nice about this photo is that the buckets are not there for the "atmosphere" as they would be today. They are either for sale or to catch drips from the ceiling and I suspect given their location that it is the latter. In those days half pints were rather ladylike, not much testosterone on view in that shot!
@ltin zaçe 20 months ago | reply
beautiful pic..
Star Cat 20 months ago | reply
Slainte!
soilse 20 months ago | reply
Beautiful. No ice-cold pints or mobile phone posers in our pubs in those days!
XPAT-Polska 20 months ago | reply
Lovely pub shot.
If you ever come across one of what is now called the 'Wicked Swan' in Wexford, I'd love to see it as it was owned by my grandfather and was where my father grew up. It was, I understand, known as Ennis's bar in the very early 20's and probably before then - but I'd love confirmation of this.
Patrick James Ennis
www.facebook.com/pages/The-Wicked-Swan/157566564296684?v=...
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 20 months ago | reply
XPAT-Polska 20 months ago | reply
Thank you for searching.
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artur sikora 20 months ago | reply
such a good scene! cheers!
mikescottnz-away for a momth 19 months ago | reply
Slainte .
MarrenD 16 months ago | reply
Fureys Pub?
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PaganTree 4 months ago | reply
PaganTree 4 months ago | reply
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Traingraham 4 months ago | reply
Yes it is, Fred lived in the station in Moyvalley till he died on 7 July 1977. Grandson
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 4 months ago | reply
Niall McAuley 4 months ago | reply
On the OS 25" map, you can see that Furey's (the building at Moyvalley Bridge) is only a stone's throw from the station.
National Library of Ireland on The Commons 4 months ago | reply