Allison Weddings E, F & G initials

The Allison Collection

Herbert Thackwray Allison was born in Bradford in 1854. He and his brother came to Ireland in 1881 and set up a photographic business, trading as Allison and Allison, in Belfast, where they had branches at Donegall Square North and Queen's Arcade. Towards the end of the century, as the art and practice of taking photographs developed and expanded, the Allisons spotted a niche in the market outside Belfast and set about establishing country branches in Dundalk (1896), Armagh (1900), Newry, (1903) and Warrenpoint (1905). It was the Armagh office which became the hub of the enterprise and was generally regarded as the headquarters until it was sold to Ernest Scott in 1952.

The Armagh studio became the final repository for the surviving glass-plate negatives from all four provincial branches before their transfer to the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland by Mr Scott. Inevitably the greater number of those negatives which have survived relate to Armagh and the surrounding area, but the work of the Newry, Warrenpoint and Dundalk studios is represented also.

This set contains Wedding Portraits from the PRONI Allison Collection.

The sitters' family name begins with the letter E, F or G in this set of photos.

The dates range from c.1910 up to 1951.