Sunday, December 15, 2013

19th Century Ireland Wall Calendar with 21st Century Google Map Codes


1890s North Ireland Calendar 2014 With Geolocation Codes For The 21st Century Visitor

Posted By on at Dreamgifts

This 12 month wall calendar for 2014 features, for each month of the year, images of the scenic North of Ireland popular with visitors in the late 19th Century. The calendar can be personalized with a name of your choice.

Each photograph is in full photochrom color and taken between 1890 and 1900. The locations in the calendar are :

North Antrim Coast
Giant's Causeway,
Dunluce Castle
Carrick-a-Rede Roap Bridge
Portrush and the Skerries
Londonderry and The River Foyle

East Antrim
Glenariff
Glenoe
Belfast City - Albert Memorial and Queens Square
and Royal Avenue.

Other locations are Newcastle and Slieve Donard, and Devenish Island, Lower Lough Erne. All 19th Century images courtesy L.O.C.

The calendar has a feature that makes it easy for 21st Century visitors to find the location on a map.  Just scan the Geolocation QR Codes on the back of the calendar with a mobile device to show the corresponding locations on Google Maps. For many locations there are contemporary photographs. Use the maps to plan your next visit to the North of Ireland.

Example Pages



DUNLUCE CASTLE, ca 1890


ROYAL AVENUE, BELFAST, ca 1890




THE BACK WITH SCAN CODES FOR GOOGLE MAPS