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The Candlemaker

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 10 older comments, and then…
  • DannyM8 said:
    ....on 19 October 1923, Thomas Fitzgerald, CID Motor Driver was shot dead at Ashtown, Co. Dublin following an armed robbery of £40 from Messrs. Rathborne's candle factory at Castleknock by three dispatch riders of the National Army. One of the attackers was shot dead in the course of the chase and the other two raiders were captured. William Downes was convicted of Thomas Fitzgerald's murder on 29 October 1923 and executed by hanging at Mountjoy Jail on 29 November 1923 - his execution being the first hanging in the history of the Irish Free State. From www.policehistory.com
  • derangedlemur said:
    www.lalor.ie/history
  • derangedlemur said:
    I guess this would be them, so: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,710606,738146,7,9 It's not really Castleknock.
  • DannyM8 said:
    IT Nov 1996 www.flickr.com/photos/79549245@N06/17075588405/][
  • Martin Devlin said:
    @ DannyM8 make love with the lights on ! Are you doing a Danny la Rue impression this morning :-) or just waxing the wick of the candles

Lord French Ambush

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • DannyM8 said:
    I saw a documentary on Dan Breen over the weekend on TV4. Breen was involved in this ambush and was badly wounded. His views on killing were stark. see youtu.be/ty_U6U8iiTg
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The ambush was at Ashtown crossroads near the Halway House (then Kellys), but the whole area has been rebuilt. Even the crossroads is a big roundabout now.
  • DannyM8 said:
    the Ambush was 19th December 1919. I would think this photo is dated very soon after that.
  • DannyM8 said:
    Irish Times 20th December 1919
  • DannyM8 said:
    Martin Savage was killed during the ambush, here is a report of his funeral from the Irish Times 24th December 1919.

April 24, 1960

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 13 older comments, and then…
  • John Spooner said:
    The Art of Hat-Wearing was obviously still very much alive in 1960.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    John Spooner Both Malones look fantastic in cap and hat. Very dapper.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    What is Mr. Malone Jr. planning to shoot with a rifle in Ashtown, I wonder? Ducks on the canal?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley I don't know! Ashtown wouldn't have been very built up back in 1960? Wouldn't there have been agricultural land around there, or am I raving?
  • luca marella said:
    Great document!