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  • 4 older comments, and then…
  • Foxglove said:
    .....and writing one of the first modern spy thrillers...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Wondering if this might his reburial in 1923 ?? It looks a bit 'fancy' for a prison.
    See - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erskine_Childers_(author)#Execution
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Or ... 1924?

    "This photo is Hardwicke Hall, Dublin in Oct 1924. He was given an IRA Guard of Honour, 4 men at attention in shifts for 24hrs straight. My granduncle, Robert Childers, 2nd son of @erskineandmolly
    was present. Molly couldn’t bare it, had collapsed with grief in the morning. " ...
    From- x.com
  • Suck Diesel said:
    He is said to have shaken hands with the members of his firing squad, saying, "Take a step or two forward, lads, it will be easier that way."

    Hardwicke Hall
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Via Trove, some more details ...

    November 1922 - trove.nla.gov.au - "He was buried in a grave already prepared nearby" in Beggars' Bush Barracks.

    October 1924 - trove.nla.gov.au - "Irish Rebels' Remains handed over to Relatives". "Public funerals will be held on Thursday [ed. 30/10/1924].
    The bodies in the meanwhile will lie in state at different centres."

    October 1924 - trove.nla.gov.au - "Wild scenes at re-interment of the executed men".