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Still Suckin Diesel years later!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Relief

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  • Patrick Castelli said:
    Who's who in this photo?
    Th officer (I'm going by the cut of his uniform) has Flying Corps wings above his campaign ribbons. campaign ribbons are also worn my the man to his right.
    By the look of cap badges (a harp surmounted by a crown) and the dark uniforms they might be members of the RIC . The presence of a khaki clad officer also makes me think of RIC Auxiliaries, aka Black and Tans.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    I'm assuming he's Auxiliary - those men were recruited from ex-WWI officers including the Royal Flying Corps. Most of the others seem to be Black and Tans. So many men (mostly WWI veterans) responded to British Government appeals for recruits to bolster R.I.C. (Royal Irish Constabulary) numbers, that there was a severe shortage of uniforms. Hence the Tans mostly ended up with khaki trousers and dark tops, either R.I.C. (dark green) or British police tunics (dark blue) - and hence the nickname...
  • Peter Mc said:
    For more on this attack, and some fascinating details on participants from both sides, see this link - irishconstabulary.com/topic/755/Q-Company
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Peter Mc Thank you! Absolutely fascinating, and allowed me to tag with Q Company...
    With regard to the "liquid fire" spoken of on irishconstabulary.com, the Irish Times reported that:
    "... A sinister feature of the attack was the use of gas bombs and of bottles containing a thick red-brown corrosive liquid, which gave off nauseous fumes and partially choked the police occupants of the hotel..."
  • Patrick Castelli said:
    Peter Mc Very interesting, I read the account of the attack, fascinating!

Peter Clancy the charismatic "Superman"

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  • Rack & Ruin said:
    Lovely reverie.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    It seems the image needs flipping. Also in the NLI catalogue is the same image via Messrs Keogh (unflipped with a buttonhole on the correct side) - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000029661 . The caption for the Keogh image says "Peter Clancy (Co. Clare), Sentenced to Death, Sentence commuted to 10 Years' Penal Servitude." Which surely implies the image is 1916 or before? Perhaps Mr Hogan copied the original c. 1922? Peadar Mac Fhlannchadha; 9 November 1888 – 21 November 1920 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peadar_Clancy
  • Bernard Healy said:
    Better known as Peadar Clancy, he was active in the 1916 uprising. He, Dick McKee & Conor Clune we’re shot at Dublin Castle on the evening of Bloody Sunday. He was a draper by trade and had a shop on O’Connell Street called Republican Outfitters.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    The unflipped original version from the wiki page -
    - which came from a May 1916 postcard in South Dublin Couthy Libraries - hdl.handle.net/10599/9958
  • Bernard Healy said:
    His birth cert: civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/cert_...