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Nice period image, the building right behind the armoured car is Mountjoy Garda Station on the Nth Circular Road, Phibsboro, Dublin

Michael Kelly Brilliant, thanks! Have shifted the location to near the corner of Glengarriff Parade...

I think the rectangular white sign with a round emblem on it is a Labour Exchange sign like the one below:

Just down teh street, there apears to be a road block or barricade across the street, to the left here as you look down is the turning for Glengarrif Parade, so you are spot on

Google street view today

IK 1 to IK 9999 (Dec 1903 – Mar 1927) Dublin County Council

Obviously Limerick had changed a great deal by the time I was growing up in the late '40's and '50's so it is hard to put a location on a road with so little distinguishing features. From my memory this reminds me of the main road out through Corbally towards Co. Clare. This is where I think it is and is near the famous rugby academy "St. Munchins College". The Clare Brigade of the IRA were very active about this time and the area to the north of here was a stronghold of their operations!

Probably tough enough to locate this one. All the candidates on the OSI are main roads which have been widened since, so all the distinguishing features are gone.

Having said that, there's a not dissimilar bit of wall on the R463: www.google.ie/maps/@52.687788,-8.604284,3a,75y,227.18h,90...

That is on the same road as I was suggesting above Lemur and I think we are probably both right as to the road but the exact spot is a lottery! I remember that the stone wall seemed to go on for miles along there and was connected with the bridge across the Shannon nearby!