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God Save Ireland

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 6 older comments, and then…
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Looks like he signed a lot of these photos

    www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/345681406330923-ant...
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Here he is dancing in 1935 -
    youtu.be/y5HkZC0MbCs?si=oXW8XrN9aFxBtjQF

    And speaking -
    youtu.be/owp5qhsJhvI?si=hgWZqaUAungBd27I
  • beachcomber australia said:
    "Sir Anton Dolin (27 July 1904 – 25 November 1983) ... was born in Slinfold in Sussex as Sydney Francis Patrick Chippendall Healey-Kay (generally known as Patrick or Pat Kay to his friends). He was the second of three sons of Henry George Kay (1852-1922) and his wife, Helen Maude Chippendall Healey (1869-1960), from Dublin."
    From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Dolin_(ballet_dancer)

    I wonder if his maternal Irish connection explains the inscription "God save Ireland".
  • Suck Diesel said:
    beachcomber australia No, I think he had a stack of these photos, and signed them to suit the recipient.
    Sort of like some Hollywood fan club
  • John Spooner said:
    In 1926 he suffered temporary blindness. Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Monday 20 December 1926:
    On Friday night, said the dancer's secretary, Mr. Dolin was dancing in a cabaret while the show was being filmed for a news picture. The glare of the lights so affected his eyes that early the following morning he woke up in agony and discovered that be was blind. He was taken to a specialist in Wimpole Street, who stated that the optic nerves were terribly bruised and burned.
    I understand that in the early days of cinema, the film available was in today's terms very slow, necessitating very bright artificial lights. As a consequence, actors being filmed got into the habit of wearing dark glasses. So if you wanted to look like a film star, you'd wear dark glasses and they thus became a fashion accessory.

T.D. Sullivan : Author of Ireland's National Anthem

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Interesting history, which explains things - "Between 1867 and 1916 "God Save Ireland" was often referred to as the "Irish national anthem", being habitually sung at gathering of Irish nationalists, both in Ireland and abroad." - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_Ireland
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Thank you.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    1906 first recording by John McCormack on a wax cylinder - youtu.be/COqjb8SC1jo
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Audio of The Dubliners giving it socks on YouTube.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The man himself in the census of 1901 and 1911. His occupation is Journalist in both. wikipedia says he was also Lord Mayor of Dublin 1886-88 and an MP from 1880-1900.