Keywords: james p. o'dea jamespodea public house publichouse pub bar counter taps alcohol moyvalley kildare ireland august 1961 1960s cie coras iompair éireann corasiompairéireann wednesday 23rd sixties 20th century 20thcentury leinster photographer furey's pub fureyspub furey's fureys people identified peopleidentified fred mcdonagh fredmcdonagh national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland o'dea photographic collection odeaphotographiccollection blackandwhite monochrome people black and white 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 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 |