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a perspective twist makes it appear that the statue to the fore is holding a scroll of paper (the shop awning )

Per the old reliable wiki article on Dublin Tramways, the horse trams began service in 1872, and were electrified by 1901.

In Thoms 1882 - Shanks Brothers are at 2 Foster Place and F H Killingly are at 3 Trinity Street. I see Shanks Killingly & Co at 2 Foster place in the photo, so I think it safe to presume we are after 1882.

No Bicycles, which must put this back in the nineteenth rather than twentieth century.

Grattan with the shop awning is from 1875 per the DIA.

I was not too far away from that spot today at 11 am on 11/11/11 and I prayed for all those who had died in that war. It is interesting that so soon after independence so many people would turn out for a commemoration like that. The rot of intolerance must have come later? Look at the people on the roofs of Trinity - Health and Safety would have a hissy fit today!

Swordscookie Checked the newspaper reports, and it was obvious that everyone was trying their best, but there were tensions! Look how controversial the whole topic of poppy-wearing is to this day, let alone so close after WWI, the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War...

Great piece of history.

We forget sometimes what Armistice day means

This is fascinating and deeply moving ... as a Canadian with Irish roots in my ancestry, I am eternally grateful and humbled by the selfless bravery exemplified here.

Trinity College dominates straight ahead. The street curves to the left to go towards O'Connell Bridge over the river Liffey and Oconnell Street, formerly Sackville. To the right is Grafton Street.

In the foreground is a statue of King George which was often the subject of attack from Nationalists and Republicans. Following independence the statue was removed from the street and is usually in storage. I saw it recently and the impact of many attacks is clearly visible as are the various attempts to restore the work. Nowadays a charming 1960s fountain of the Four Provinces sits on this site. As Glamborghini notes the facade dominating the view is that of the University of Dublin, Trinity College. Trinity or TCD is the second largest and the oldest university in Ireland. It ranks in the top 50 worldwide and has a venerable history that includes Oscar Wilde, Oliver Goldsmith, Dean Swift, Douglas Hyde, Mary Robinson and Samuel Beckett. The college prides itself on being unorthodox and a place where not being part of the crowd is seen as an asset. In recent years the college has expanded and grown and a greater focus on pulling in international students and talent as well as world class research has dominated. Also the university has opened up it's Old Library to visitors so they can see many of the greatest Irish treasures including a Proclamation of the Republic and the greatest treasure of the Celts, the Book of Kells. Not to be missed either is the Douglas Hyde Gallery, named for Ireland's first president and an institution for cutting edge art. If you ever get to Dublin try and get a student to show you round the college.

Glamborghini : Thanks for the additional information about this photograph. We will add to the description! doctorbob: Thank you for the further information on this image. From other sources, it does seems this is the statue of King William III, not King George II (formerly found in St. Stephen's Green). Thanks again for commenting!

Kristi you are 100% correct (my memory is not the best!). Although to some these kings are all the same. The great Irish satirist and republican Brendan Behan once defined an Anglo-Irish aristocrat as 'a protestant sitting on a horse'.