REPUBLIC OF DOYLE

OFFICE OF TV DETECTIVES

JAKE AND MALACHY DOYLE

 

 

THE BATTERY

COLOURFUL HOUSES, ON THE ENTRANCE TO

ST. JOHN'S HARBOUR

FLOATING ICE SHEET

ICE SHEET OFF FORT AMHERST LIGHTHOUSE

NEWFOUNDLAND DOG

MAGNIFICENT NEWFOUNDLAND DOG

HARBOUR VIEW

THE HARBOUR AT ST JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND

FROM LAND

FROM THE AIR

AERO ANNIVERSARY REMEMBERED

PLAQUES COMMEMORATING THE FIRST NON-STOP TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. IN 1919, ALCOCK AND BROWN LEFT ST JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND ON 14TH JUNE AND LANDED IN CLIFDEN, GALWAY, IRELAND ON 15TH JUNE.

'IN MEMORY'

PETER PAN STATUE

BOWRING PARK

ST JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND.

THIS IS A REPLICA OF THE STATUE OF PETER PAN IN KENSINGTON GARDENS, LONDON. IT WAS UNVEILED IN AUGUST 1925 IN MEMORY OF SIR EDGAR BOWRINGS GRANDCHILD, BETTY MUNN, WHO DROWNED, ALONG WITH HER FATHER, AT THE SINKING OF THE FLORIZEL. IT HAS THE INSCRIPTION,

"IN MEMORY OF A LITTLE GIRL WHO LOVED THE PARK"

SHADOWS OF THE PAST

HORSE TROUGH

CREATING SHADOWS OF THE PAST

BOWRING PARK

ST JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND

PORT KIRWAN

PORT KIRWAN

THIS IS A SMALL FISHING COMMUNITY ON THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF THE AVALON PENINSULA IN NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA. IT WAS INCORPORATED IN 1965 AS PORT KIRWAN, NAMED AFTER REVEREND MOTHER MARY BERNARD KIRWAN, WHO FOUNDED THE PRESENTATION SISTERS OF NEWFOUNDLAND IN 1853. PRIOR TO THIS, IT WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS ADMIRAL'S COVE, AFTER THE ENGLISH FISHING ADMIRALS WHO USED TO DOCK IN THE HARBOUR.

HARBOUR VIEW

ST JOHN'S HARBOUR, NEWFOUNDLAND,

LOOKING FROM CABOT TOWER.

HARBOUR ENTRANCE

THE NARROWS,

ST JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND.

CABOT TOWER CAN BE SEEN AT THE TOP OF SIGNAL HILL.

CABOT TOWER BRISTOL

CABOT TOWER,

BRISTOL, ENGLAND.

BUILT IN 1897-98 IN MEMORY AND TO COMMEMORATE THE DISCOVERY OF THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA, 400 HUNDRED YEARS EARLIER, BY JOHN CABOT. JOHN CABOT SET SAIL FROM BRISTOL IN THE MATTHEW AND LANDED IN BONAVISTA, NEWFOUNDLAND, ON 24th JUNE 1497.

(SEE PREVIOUS POST)

CABOT TOWER ST JOHN'S

CABOT TOWER,

ST JOHN'S NEWFOUNDLAND.

BUILT IN 1897 TO COMMEMORATE THE 400th ANNIVERSARY OF JOHN CABOT'S

DISCOVERY OF NEWFOUNDLAND.

IN 1901, CLOSE TO THE TOWER, GUGLIELMO MARCONI RECEIVED THE FIRST TRANS-ATLANTIC WIRELESS MESSAGE SENT FROM

POLDHU, CORNWALL, ENGLAND.

FRENCH CAPITAL

PLACENTIA, NEWFOUNDLAND

IN 1655, THE FRENCH CONTROLLED MOST OF ATLANTIC CANADA, AND MORE THAN HALF OF NEWFOUNDLAND. THE FRENCH MADE PLACENTIA THE CAPITAL OF NEWFOUNDLAND. THE TREATY OF UTRECHT IN 1713, FORCED THE FRENCH TO ABANDON PLACENTIA BAY SETTLEMENTS AND PLACENTIA BECAME A BRITISH POSSESSION.

COMMEMORATIVE WINDOW

STAINED GLASS WINDOW COMMEMORATING JOHN CABOT'S DISCOVERY OF NEWFOUNDLAND IN 1497

U-BOAT ATTACK

MEMORIAL TO SEAMEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AS A RESULT OF U-BOAT ACTIVITY IN NEWFOUNDLAND WATERS.

500 YEARS BEFORE COLUMBUS

IS THIS VINLAND?

THE ONLY KNOWN NORSE SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA WAS FOUND

AT L'ANSE AUX MEADOWS,

NEWFOUNDLAND

TABLE MOUNTAIN

GROS MORNE NATIONAL PARK, NEWFOUNDLAND

CITY LIGHTS

VIEW OF ST JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND FROM CABOT TOWER

BRIDGING THE ATLANTIC

FIRST SUCCESSFUL TRANSATLANTIC TELEGRAPH CABLE

The photo above shows the remains of the first successful Transatlantic Telegraph Cable. The cable was laid between Valentia, Ireland, and Heart's Content, Newfoundland, by Brunell's S S Great Eastern on 27th July 1866. The old Cable Station, now a Museum, can be see in the background.

The photo on the right is of the commemorative stone.