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Just because they are well dressed, it doesn't mean they are trustworthy gentlemen. They might be members of the "Swell Mob" (a true tale of daylight robbery involving Inspector Barefoot of B division, a small boy and a £30 note).

John Spooner Oh for the days when one used public transport to be conveyed to one's residence... Brava Mrs Wells for "collaring" Swell Thompson, and Inspector Barefoot?! Were your Couple of Swells sent to Australia?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Yes, ten years transportation. I reckon there's enough material in Inspector Barefoot's career, as seen in court reports of the 1830s, for a BBC period detective drama.

Erected 1868. By John Henry Foley

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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'.