fiannaéireann

Fantastic vintage image... wonderful organization!!!!

Wonderful! I wonder what their message says -

Nice Photo. I've never seen anything like it ( they all look great )

A gem of past times.

Amazing!

Wonderful expressions of pride.

I had seen this one before somewhere, as a child I was a member of na Fianna but we were not nearly as pretentious as these lads. Stu has a name on the Schafer method - I can't remember the name of what the second lad is doing but it was the method used where the arms were moved vigorously about and pressed into the solar plexus to do the same thing. The swords were probably more in order in that era, we did not have access to them.

that's a fine photo!

There is a small hillock in Merrion Sq. but the considerable structure on the far left causes confusion. Small mounds like this can be removed and rebuilt quite easily I suppose. The number of windows and chimney pots on the houses might just provide a starting point for investigation.

Great posture on the lad in the center, born leader perhaps!?

Lonergan it seems left to join his Family in the U.S.A. in 1914. Therefore, the photo is not 1915 or middle of front row is not Lonergan. Lonergan statement - BMH

Throughout these early pioneering years of the Fianna, Lonergan’s family frequently asked him to join them in the United States; despite his love of Ireland and his passion for the Fianna and the newly founded Irish Volunteers, these constant appeals eventually persuaded him in 1914 to ‘up sticks’ and leave his homeland to be re-united with his family in New York City. Fianna Eireann History

DannyM8 Think it is deffo Michael Lonergan, so before or during April 1914 then? Also interesting that he writes of the Houlihan brothers, rather than Holohan. I think I've seen Holahan as a spelling also.

Carol Maddock Carol Yes to the date range. I have seen this picture on other sites with the 1915 date.

Padraig Ryan is probably the Padriag O'Riain mentioned in the Fianna Eireann wiki article as being secretary.