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No wonder we don't know the lady's name, she's being crowded out by the two men.

I think this Michael Scott is the architect. The house he lived in is right next to the James Joyce Tower in Sandycove, and he "and his friends founded the James Joyce Museum with financial assistance from filmmaker John Huston".

A page on A.J. "Con" Levanthal finishes: Leventhal appeared unwittingly as Bloom in John Ryan’s Bloomsday film of 1954, with Brian O’Nolan (Flann O’Brien), Patrick Kavanagh, and Anthony Cronin. There was a film of the day?? And of course, it is on youtube. Ah, we have seen it before, and it is not a film with parts and a script, it is just random bits of video such as you might make with your phone while worse for wear.

O’Nolan was “unsurprisingly” drunk before the group even gathered at the home of architect Michael Scott, which remains just below the Martello Tower where the opening scenes of "Ulysses" take place.

16 June 1954 was a Wednesday,

Wonderful! In a past life I used to work on St Stephen's Green, just a few doors away from Iveagh House. I remember reading years ago in a book of ghost stories that tradition held that a ghostly cross appeared at one of the windows every Holy Thursday. I've heard at least two explainations for it. The first is that a Catholic servant died in one of the rooms and was refused permission for a visit from a priest by the Protestant owners. The apparition of the cross is said to be a reminder of that injustice. The second is that one of the Guinness family was dying and was being assisted at her deathbed by a Catholic nurse who held a crucifix. Lord Iveagh, we are told, snatched away the crucifix and flung it out the window. I'm not sure if anyone goes to look for the cross any more. I heard somewhere that a crowd used to gather on Holy Thursday to spot it. I suppose a trick of the light is the most likely explaination. Has anyone ever seen it?

Bernard Healy I have not! Though will keep an eye out for it in future...

Sometimes Flickr is amazing! In 2016 (including bollards) via Michael Foley, who has a fantastic album of interior shots which will delight Morning Mary - From his album - www.flickr.com/photos/michaelfoleyphotography/albums/7215...

I see the lovely Elinor Wiltshire took at least six photos of this facade for some reason. All the photos manage to cut off the top of the building, and show a good deal of road and parking spaces. Was her viewfinder skew-whiff?

Bernard Healy There is a great photo in the Catalogue from the Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection NPA MOR630 which shows Iveagh Gardens and the back of the house.

The Lady Grania at left was a Guinness tanker (!)

Niall McAuley

Launched in 1953, the Guinness ships, the M.V. "Lady Gwendolen" and M.V. "Lady Grania", were the first ships in the world specifically designed for the bulk carriage of beer. Since then the Guinness fleet has added the M.V. "Lady Patricia" launched in Dublin on 11th October, 1962.

(Ireland's Saturday Night - Saturday 06 March 1965) and

the Ladies Grania, Gwendolen and Patricia together land 750,000 barrels of Guinness a year at Liverpool and Manchester.

(Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal - Saturday 01 February 1964)

The MV Atlanta was broken up at Rainham in Essex in 1992. The owner of the shipbreaking company Mr Morez was fined £500 after an oil spillage from the ship. It turned out that a valve had been removed by thieves looking for scrap. The valve was of gun metal and of greater value then other stainless steel valves. (Chatham Standard - Tuesday 18 February 1992)

Buttview !! - goo.gl/maps/zCzoF8jpWudXAtZe6

The lovely Elinor seems to like Butt Bridge, and visited several times. I think this wonderful photo of a lad with a blanket may be the same sunny afternoon - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000048396