handbill

Interestingly a copy of this handbill is for sale at a price of £300 - www.abebooks.co.uk/Public-Meeting-Protestants-Ballymoney-... And another for £600 here - www.richardfordmanuscripts.co.uk/catalogue/11571

Very very interesting. Will certainly have to delve into this one

billh35 And oddly, both sites give a publication date of 1911!

colin.boyle4 Oh excellent! (Rubs hands with glee)

www.anphoblacht.com/contents/22415 www.politics.ie/forum/events/197023-1913-alternative-ulst...

"Expert Authorities Claim that it takes one ton of lead to kill a man in actual warfare. Why not perfect yourself to do the same with one oz.?" Why indeed ?

zippo22 A fairly extravagant claim...

Before anything else: "Shooting range" @ 74 Thomas street: [GMaps] [OSI] Print works @ 13 Stafford Street [GMaps] [OSI]

guliolopez Thank you for those beautifully presented geo links. Now that's sorted, when was this? I checked in the 1903 and 1908 Thoms Dublin Directories (11th December fell on a Friday) but at no. 74 Thomas Street is John Byrne, grocer, tea, wine, and spirit merchant. Tried a few random years - 1912: ITGWU and 1915: Vacant...

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Indeed. I find this one a bit intriguing. I had found the same census returns as yourself, and it's clear that 74 Thomas Street was a public house (probably with grocery component) at the 1901 and 1911 census. There's nothing to indicate that it was in use for an extended period as a shooting range. (Although those properties all have/had reasonably long yards and rooms, so one of the back rooms might have been used as a range for a period.) Confirming a date would be made easier if we could link "The Fox and Co." to the property. However, I can't seem to find the company at all - not to mention any connection to Thomas Street. The only Fox connection (of any sort) to 74 Thomas Street would seem to be James Fox - a 16 year-old Na Fianna volunteer who died during the Rising at Stephen's Green. In some sources his address is given as 74 Thomas Street. Perhaps a family connection. Perhaps a coincidence. I went and (re)watched one of Eamonn mac Thomais' marvelous pieces on the history of the Liberties to see if he might mention something - but no such luck. (Although - to be honest - I was glad of the excuse to revisit these videos. I will find an excuse again soon...)

The DIA says the fusiliers memorial id by Kathleen Shaw, 1906.

The Carberry memorial is at Findagrave, and a clearer pic says the sculptor is named TH Denanny (1901 census link)

Oh ! I have a photo (close up !) of the statue to the fusilier from 2011, it's in my Ireland 2011 folder: I'll post a link when I get to my pc ..later

Niall McAuley Kathleen Trousdell Shaw, thank you. We haven't had many women scupltors on here over the years. This is a perfect title... A Woman Among Men

I can't say the handbill is successful in its effort to denigrate the council: one statue stands to this day in a prominent place in a public park, the other is in a graveyard.

This image needs to be rotated 90 degrees clockwise...

Yes, please rotate the image! It's hard to read as it is now. (Japanese is written top to bottom, starting on the right side of the paper.)

Thanks for the comments! I've rotated the image, hopefully its easier to read now! Mary U.S. National Archives

Thank you!