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Congratulation for your beautiful Album.

The Irish have contributed so much to America. Fought, bled, and died during the Civil War, under both the Union and Confederate Flags. John Mitchel's sons fought during the Civil war, though on the Confederate side. He had his reasons.

From the Wikipedia page of Balbriggan, 54 houses and a hosiery factory were destroyed during the "Sack of Balbriggan" on 20 September 1920. The US delegation pledged to rebuild 30 homes and a factory.

Wikipedia says:: On Monday 21 September 1920 during the night the Black and Tans sacked the town of Balbriggan in County Dublin, Ireland. ... On Clonard Street, 20 houses were destroyed. Several pubs were looted and burned including Derham’s Pub and McGowan’s Pub on George’s Hill. Overall a factory, 49 houses and four pubs were burnt down. This is presumably the ruins of the factory.

On the OSI 25" map (somewhat earlier date) there are no factorys on Clonard Street, but there is a Linen Factory on George's Hill.

The background shows that this series of photos was taken on No 2 or 3 Wharf at Circular Quay, not Garden Island. Wonderful image!

FredV45 It is indeed, thank you FredV45! It was a 'citizens welcome canteen' held at the Orient Company's wharf at East Circular Quay. We will upload another image from the collection that gave us the clue to the event. Thanks for alerting us! :)

grace!

wow! oldies

I was a sea cadet on STD SNAPPER ISLAND from 1964 to 1968 we rowed 32 foot whalers we sailed them we beat the navy sailing them ..... trained in sailing 6 foot beamys clingers ,...... modif .303 enfields with .22 bore shooting on the port waste ......comps at HMAS Watson rifle shooting ....class instruction in seamanship ...... gym sports ....... weekend camps on the Island ..... relaxing in lounge area watching T.V. black and while only back on these days ........cooking ..... rifle drill ..... close quarters drill ....... weekend stays on different H.M . ships and bases .... working along side our commanding officer LEONARD E FORSYTHE showing us the way how to perform our duty the way he wants us to the letter . ..... just short note in some picture by the harbour trust saying ....... slipway and sheds ....... these so called sheds were in naval talk the heads meaning the dunny ( toliets and showers ) showers were run by a naked flame chip heater which you had to light yourself and water coming from the water tower above

Alexander McCall Wow! Were they like these?
Sounds like it would have been fun being a cadet :)