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Wonderful shot, Congratulations, Hello and thank you.!

It seems an unlikely location for the anvil? They generally worked on the metal while it was hot and that shoe looks cold in the tongs. Nicely taken shot and I'd be willing to bet that the Sergt. is the man at the anvil!

Apparently, farrier's anvils were also used for "cold shaping" of horse shoes. So sayeth the all-knowing internet. butlerhorseshoeingschools.com/2010/08/how-to-choose-and-u... Which is not to say the shot wasn't posed either, mind you.

so interesting. I wonder that all of them might have gone to the first world war, a few years later... it's incredible to look at these pictures and think about the historical context!

Swordscookie He does look very much in charge, doesn't he?

It has changed so much, and yet it has not changed at all.

To start with Carlisle/O'Connell Bridge was widened between 1877 and 1880 so this predates the widening. Secondly there's no sign of big Dan and most of the sculpture of the Street. I'd better get Googling or whatever. The foundation stone to Dan's monument was laid in 1864 but it was not completed unveiled until 1882. I can't see any sign of a foundation stone here.

Construction of O'Connell Bridge started in 1877 (a big job), and the first tramline from the pillar to Drumcondra opened in 1877 too. So, 1877 at the latest.

Excellent! So before 1877, but also before 1864 as Swordscookie says: "I can't see any sign of a foundation stone here" ?? Earliest possible is 1860 for this series of photos...

William Russell & Co. were at no. 5 Lower Sackville-Street, near Carlisle-bridge as early as Tuesday, 22 April 1851 as they have an advertisement in that day's Freeman's Journal declaring a reduction in the duty on coffee:

The Finest Mocha is now 1s. 6d. per pound. Costa Rica, Rio Janeiro, and fine Jamaice, 1s. 4d. per pound Demerara, Ceylon, and other imports, 8d., 10d., 1s., and 1s. 2d. per pound.

And Bewley & Evans were there too from at least November 1854 (also from Freeman's Journal).

Definitely the corner of O'Connell Street and Bachelor's Walk, with Westmoreland Street in the distance, over the bridge. Peterson's Pipes are still around.

Civility.

... and the base of the clock is still there on Hickey's Pharmacy!

I agree that this is in O'Connell Street just past the junction with Bachelors Walk! These crowd scenes are excellent for looking at dress, uniforms, conditions and the changes that have taken place in the meantime. The majority of the police on display here are DMP(G) with the bobby helmets with the exception of the Inspector/Officer on the left with either a sabre or walking stick. The senior ranks of the Garda retained these sticks as part of the uniform right up to the Conroy Commission in the late '60's. Kapp and Petersons were the shop on the corner and a source of great pipes and fine tobacco in the days when smoking was healthy and beneficial to all an sundry!

great angle!