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With those shirt-collars, let's go with a period of 1925-1935.

Other pictures, catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000594345, around 1930.

Rockwell College on the 25" map.

In 1911, the census lists staff as Teacher or Clergyman Professor, it does not state which of them taught Music.

Re Father Egan who commissioned the photo..... Fr Andrew Egan is the only Fr. Egan who fits the bill listed in "IRISH SPIRITANS REMEMBERED" page 126. www.spiritan.ie/oldSite/irish_spiritans_remembered.pdf "Having completed his Theology at the Castle, Blackrock, in 1928, Fr Andy was appointed to Rockwell where, apart from teaching Irish, he was Dean of Discipline. In 1934 he was transferred to Blackrock where with Joseph Corless, then prefect, he initiated the college tradition in the production of Gilbert and Sullivan operas." Interesting to note another photo from Rockwell showing group from opera HMS Pinafore. ?? catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000594771 Suggest taken 1928-34

"Dunlop Tyres in stock here" says a small sign on the building beside that bicycle.
A bicycle shop?

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelightfilms] Yep. It says "Raleigh Cycles" up above...

ObStreetview

The Clock House was build around 1855, by Sir Denham Orlando Jephson. He was an amateur architect who is said to have designed this house after he had returned from an alpine holiday. The Clock was brought from the tower of the Old Mallow Castle. The bell was cast at Millerd Street, Cork. The bell tower became dangerous and was removed c1970, but was restored in 1995.

Gerry Ward Gerrry, Gerry, Gerry! You're brilliant - all now added to the description above...

Spanish operatic bass, with a long career at New York's Metropolitan Opera.
see notes under

Thanks for the information artolog. We'll fill in the caption the next time we update the record.