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Guerrillas in the mists (of time)

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 10 older comments, and then…
  • beachcomber australia said:
    22 August 1922 was a Two-esday ...

    There is a lady in the middle whose hat looks like hair, and a young gentleman seated in front and right of her, whose hair looks like a hat.

    Edit: The gent is Tom Barry ?!
  • beachcomber australia said:


    Hmmm - wiki says 21/08/1921 - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tom_Barry,_August_1921_(cropped)_(cropped).png
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Here we go ...

    "AN Irish television series claims to have solved an ongoing dispute over the seating arrangement for what it calls the ‘greatest wedding photo of all time’.
    The famous photo – of the wedding of Irish freedom fighter Tom Barry and his wife Leslie Price in 1921 – has long held a fascination for Irish historians.
    The image, taken at Vaughan’s Hotel on Parnell Square in Dublin on August 22nd 1921 – came about exactly one year before General Michael Collins was shot. Collins is seen in the back row, holding his head to one side, and many believe it was because he did not want to be readily identified at the time. ... "

    via - www.southernstar.ie
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Tom Barry: 'We May Have Great Men, But We’ll Never Have Better'
  • O Mac said:
    29 Parnell Sq. West.
    maps.app.goo.gl

Advance in military technology!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 27 older comments, and then…
  • Tintin et Milou said:
    It's all about mobility. Up and including the first years of WW2, most European armies had troops that used bicycles for speed and mobility. It's quicker than walking which is how most soldiers got from A to B 😀
  • thinkable move said:
    Who stole his saddle?
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! Via Indread Coal who says before 1903
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    beachcomber australia Looks as if there was a proper clip type yokey to keep the gun in place. It's the local innovation, the proposed boot mechanism, that I fell in love with when I saw this letter.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Tintin et Milou As long as the roads are somewhat paved.

Armoured Army Adavoyle Armagh

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons