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| Keywords: motoring driving motor cars motorcars goff colonel mcgrath colonelmcgrath newsboy poole collection poolecollection glass negative glassnegative a.h. poole ahpoole arthur henri poole arthurhenripoole adelphi hotel adelphihotel waterford steamship office waterfordsteamshipoffice steamship office steamshipoffice the mall themall ireland munster william g.d. goff williamgdgoff great 1,000 mile irish tour great1000mileirishtour irish automobile club irishautomobileclub royal irish automobile club royalirishautomobileclub r.i.a.c. riac daimler wi 1 wi1 r.j. mecredy rjmecredy father of motoring in ireland fatherofmotoringinireland august 1901 1900s sir william goff davis-goff sirwilliamgoffdavisgoff arjay friday 9 chauffeur milne waterford national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Mr Goff (bearded) driving with Colonel McGrath on The Mall in Waterford. This was the bare bones of information we originally had on this photo... However, thanks to Bob Montgomery 2012 for his fantastic contribution that this photo was taken: "... on the Great 1,000 mile Irish Tour organized by the Irish Automobile Club (now the Royal Irish Automobile Club at Dawson Street, Dublin). The bearded gentlemen in the middle is Waterford businessman, motoring pioneer and Chairman of the Irish Automobile Club, William GD Goff on his Daimler motor car. Seated beside him with the wonderful facial hair is Col. McGrath, the first motorist in Wexford. To their right is RJ Mecredy (The Father of Motoring in Ireland). Mecredy and Goff were responsible for bring the Motor Tour to Ireland in 1901." Date: Friday, 9 August 1901 NLI Ref.: P_WP_0344 Mr Goff (bearded) driving with Colonel McGrath on The Mall in Waterford. This was the bare bones of information we originally had on this photo... However, thanks to Bob Montgomery 2012 for his fantastic contribution that this photo was taken: "... on the Great 1,000 mile Irish Tour organized by the Irish Automobile Club (now the Royal Irish Automobile Club at Dawson Street, Dublin). The bearded gentlemen in the middle is Waterford businessman, motoring pioneer and Chairman of the Irish Automobile Club, William GD Goff on his Daimler motor car. Seated beside him with the wonderful facial hair is Col. McGrath, the first motorist in Wexford. To their right is RJ Mecredy (The Father of Motoring in Ireland). Mecredy and Goff were responsible for bring the Motor Tour to Ireland in 1901." Date: Friday, 9 August 1901 NLI Ref.: P_WP_0344 | ||||
