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Dublin, Cleary’s Pub (Republic of Ireland)
If you’ve been waiting for a card from this special pub on Amiens Street, your wait is over! Mailed in 1981, this card has its stamp and mostly legible postmark. Grade: 1
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County Kerry, Slea Head and Blasket Islands (Republic of Ireland)
Card dates from the 1970s, and has a message on the back, but was neither addressed, nor stamped, nor mailed. It was also folded both ways. Grade: 5
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Tipperary town, multiple views (Republic of Ireland)
Card mailed from England in 1994, with stamp and postmark, and blue airmail sticker affixed. Grade: 3
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Inishmore, Aran Islands (Republic of Ireland)
Unused card. Grade: 1
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County Kerry, Dunquin Harbour
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Lakes of Killarney, Gap of Dunloe
Mailed card, torn and abraded at top, two different stamps. Grade: 5
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Dublin, Four Courts (Republic of Ireland)
Mailed in 2010 with stamp and blue bilingual Aerphost label affixed. Postmark is too blurred to decipher. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Ireland, multiple views
A six-line caption tells all about these structures. Card was mailed in 2011, stamp and bilingual Priority label are there but no legible postmark. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Yeats Country (Sligo) (Republic of Ireland)
Unused John Hinde card 2/SO-013 with a big caption in a small space. Grade: 1
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Dublin, Temple Bar
An historical area of Dublin, not one specific bar, pictured on this unused Insight Ireland card SP 230. Grade: 1
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Dublin City, multiple views
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Dublin City, multiple views
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Music and the craic
Wikipedia helps the non-Irish among us to understand that “the craic” means fun, entertainment, and enjoyable conversation. We’ll go for that! Unused card. Grade: 1
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Tralee, Blennerville Windmill (Republic of Ireland)
Unused Killarney Printing Works card. Grade: 1
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Irish Writers (UNESCO)
Ireland’s Literary Heritage, 12 of the most famous, with Dublin recognised by UNESCO as a City of Literature–at the time of writing the caption, one of only four in the world. Unused Hinde card. Grade: 1
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Amphibious Bicycle (Greetings)
Doesn’t seem like it would, but this card fits into several of our categories. Two similar cards are available. One is unused and has “Greetings from Ireland” in 13 languages on the reverse (Grade: 1, $4). The other must have been from a different print run, as it was mailed in 2013 with minimal caption, three stamps, partial postmark, blue Air Mail sticker, and orange postal bar coding, along with abrasion on upper right front (Grade: 4, $1).
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Greetings from Ireland, multiple views (Republic of Ireland)
A card for many categories, mailed in 2011 with coloured E0.82 metered postage label, Priority label, and a Santa Claus sticker. Apart from the bar, it also shows Kilkenny Castle (from the 12th century) and Jerpoint Abbey. Someone has also rubber-stamped the logo of a fish on the reverse. Very busy. Grade: 4
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Dublin, St. Michan’s Church, Bodies in Vaults
We went to the search engine to learn more about this church, and learned that it is particularly well-known for these crypts. So this very old B&W card matches the atmosphere, apparently. Unused, aged, Grade: 1
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Dunmore East, Co. Waterford lighthouse
Unused card, No. 61 in the Irish Lighthouse Series. Grade: 1
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Up. Lake Glendalough from Lugduff (Republic of Ireland)
Unused, highly aged Wicklow Photographic Centre B&W card. We learned that Glendalough is renowned for its Early Medieval monastic settlement, founded in the 6th century by St. Kevin. Grade: 3
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Glendalough, Steps to St. Kevin’s Bed
Unused, highly aged Wicklow Photographic Centre B&W card. We learned that Glendalough is renowned for its Early Medieval monastic settlement, founded in the 6th century by St. Kevin. Grade: 3
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Cork, Holy Trinity Church
Old Valentine’s Colourtone postcard, mailed with (indistinct) postmark and stamp. Grade: 2
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Dublin, multiple views
Mailed in 2012 with a coloured postage meter label and bilingual Priority label. Address label also affixed. Grade: 4
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Londonderry, Northern Counties Hotel, Dining Room (Northern Ireland)
Unused B&W postcard, unattributed and heavily aged and stained, especially on the reverse. Grade: 4
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Co. Wexford, The Hook Lighthouse
Greetings from Ireland on this card of “one of the oldest working lighthouses in the world.” Mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and bilingual Priority/Aerphost label, as well as orange postal barcoding on the front. Grade: 2
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Gap of Dunloe, Killarney (Republic of Ireland)
Iconic vintage postcard, mailed in 1932 with stamp and postmark. The sender’s message would still apply now. Grade: 2
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Blarney Castle, Co. Cork (Republic of Ireland)
Unused, vintage, real-photo Milton Post Card from Woolstone Bros. Significantly aged. Grade: 2
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Dublin, The Pro-Cathedral
Unused, vintage real-photo card. We had not heard the term “Pro-Cathedral” before, so we looked it up. A website, procathedral.ie, explains everything very well. Grade: 1
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Killarney, Muckross Abbey
Not postally used, but with a poignant message taking up the reverse. Grade: 4
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Waterloo near Blarney
Unused, heavily aged and well-loved card. Wow, that scene looks idyllic. Grade: 3
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Torc Cascade, Killarney
Unused, vintage B. & D. “Kromo” series card No. T 21443/X. Grade: 3
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Kilmainham Gaol
Mailed in 2014, with stamp and bilingual Aerphost label. Partial postmark. Grade: 1
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Belfast Municipal Museum and Art Gallery, State stone Chair (Northern Ireland)
Not postally used, but with the date “Aug. 1937” and a place and name inked into the message area. Grade: 4
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Killarney, Ross Castle (Republic of Ireland)
Unused Valentine’s “Artcolour” card 29-2. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Ireland, Book of Kells
The Greetings are in 13 languages in the caption, and those volumes are all identified–in English only. As for the card, it was mailed from Germany (not Ireland) with two stamps, trilingual Priority label, and postmark. Grade: 3
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Belfast, Queen’s University, Queen’s Elms Halls (Northern Ireland)
Unused Dixon card SP 1758. Caption tells us the buildings were completed by 1967, so the card is a bit later than that. Probably not much, though. Grade: 1
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Map and multiple views (Republic of Ireland)
Mailed in 1989 with stamp, postmark, and blue bilingual Par Avion label. Aging. Grade: 2
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Scrabo Tower, and golf club (Northern Ireland)
Unused. The scene is near Newtownards. Grade: 1
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Sporting Ireland (Republic of Ireland)
Unused John Hinde card 2/1302, focusing on the Irish Hospitals’ Sweeps and the Irish Sweeps Derby. Grade: 1
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Dublin, Trinity College
The Campanile on the Front Square of the College. Unused John Hinde card 2/96. Grade: 1