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According to: irishconstabulary.com/major-philip-armstrong-holmes-div-c... On January 28th, 1921 Major-General Philip Armstrong Holmes, Divisional Commissioner of the RIC for the counties of Cork and Kerry, escorted by a sergeant and five constables was ambushed by the Newmarket battalion column and a number of East Kerry Volunteers at Tureengarriffe, on the Castleisland road two miles west of Ballydesmond.

Ormond Quay, Dublin: Streetview- www.google.ie/maps/@53.3461713,-6.2661415,3a,75y,300.02h,...

More details here - theirishrevolution.ie/1921-21/#.XA-OtVAvPnE "... The funeral ceremonies for Armstrong-Holmes were complex and impressive: ‘The body of Major Holmes was removed from Cork Military Hospital yesterday [31 January 1921] and conveyed to Dublin by the morning train. Full military honours were accorded, and a large number of military and police accompanied the remains to Glanmire Station, where a military band played the “Dead March.” The funeral takes place to-day with full military honours from George V Hospital at 11 a.m. to Mount Jerome Cemetery.’ See II, 1 Feb. 1921. ..."

And a lot more about him in this book - books.google.com.au/books?id=yOpFDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT112&am...

[Aside - Rory Sherlock sleuthing Holmes! }

The guy with goggles is the despatch rider for the bike. Possibly a Triumph. When the WW1 started, recruted Despach riders had to bring their own bikes!

Great photograph. The street looks a little wide for Clonmel street or even Harcourt street for that matter. Could it be Dame street?

The truck looks like it could be one of those Crossley Tenders we have seen before -

O'Connell Street, looking North. Streetview

According to Wikipedia (so it must be true!), the RN plate is from the Preston area and the NC plate is from Manchester.

Interesting ambulance.

Great

Would you look at that - both the New Ireland Assurance Society and Saxone shoe shop were around then! I did not know they were that old. Stuart.

Yay, Stu! Was only thinking I hadn't heard from you in a while... Thanks for mentioning both companies, as that reminded me to add tags for them.

National Library of Ireland on The Commons I'm chuffed at the thought....appreciated, thank you. Just noticed another iconic company of the time - the City Coal Company and added a note into the pic. Can you please tell me if they moved from Gt. Brunswick Street (Pearse St) to Sackville Street and if possible, what year? Regards. Stuart.

IK 1 to IK 9999 (Dec 1903 – Mar 1927) Dublin County Council

Obviously Limerick had changed a great deal by the time I was growing up in the late '40's and '50's so it is hard to put a location on a road with so little distinguishing features. From my memory this reminds me of the main road out through Corbally towards Co. Clare. This is where I think it is and is near the famous rugby academy "St. Munchins College". The Clare Brigade of the IRA were very active about this time and the area to the north of here was a stronghold of their operations!

Probably tough enough to locate this one. All the candidates on the OSI are main roads which have been widened since, so all the distinguishing features are gone.

Having said that, there's a not dissimilar bit of wall on the R463: www.google.ie/maps/@52.687788,-8.604284,3a,75y,227.18h,90...

That is on the same road as I was suggesting above Lemur and I think we are probably both right as to the road but the exact spot is a lottery! I remember that the stone wall seemed to go on for miles along there and was connected with the bridge across the Shannon nearby!