cumannnangaedhael

Cumann na nGaedhael Committee Rooms : commissioned by Henry D. Keane Esq., Solicitor, O'Connell Street, Waterford

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

• 6 older comments, and then…
• Niall McAuley said:

  Manor Street, the office is centred on this GeoHive OSI 25" map.
  
  Manor street school next door burned down, see this related archive shot
  
  Completely redeveloped now, see Streetview
  
  In last week's episode:
  

• Peter Cartwright said:

  The car, best guess, is a Ford model A.

• Sharon Corbet said:

  A couple of the posters are available in the NLI: A Hot Record Fianna Fail's Game Shadow of the Gunman We want no reds here Our New Half Sovereign His Master's Voice

• O Mac said:

  It was said that Cumman na nGaedheal were a party "who one wished would be open to ideas, until one saw the kind of ideas they were open to". ..no doubt a reference to the colour of some of their shirts. The 1932 general election was held the day after this photograph was taken with Fianna Fail taking 72 seats to Cumman na nGaedheal's 57. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_general_election,_1932

• Paul O'Farrell said:

  The building was originally the home of Bishop John Power and was later used as a constabulary barracks and also used for a while by the newly formed Civic Guard after 1922. The Manor school, next door on the left, burnt down on the 11th February 1932.