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This space was an RDS lecture theater until 1922, so this must be 1922-39. From wikipedia: it was decided to hire the main RDS Lecture Theatre attached to Leinster House for use in December 1922 as a temporary Dáil chamber. The building was bought outright from the RDS in 1924.

The room is octagonal in shape and its original seating capacity was 700. Little alteration was needed to adapt it for parliamentary purposes - the floor was raised and the seating capacity reduced. This photo matches a modern one, so I think it is after the alterations. The DIA says "alts for use as Dail" were from 1925-29, so I think this is earliest 1925.

The RTE stills library has some shots from 1969, no help. The flat wall with the pictures hung on it has been painted white by then, dark in this picture.

I wonder what all the controls on that piece of furniture are for?

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Panhard 20hp with a visitor for the Gordon Bennett race and various motor car tours held by the Automotive Club over the week it ran, July 1903.

Ben Fagan You think definitely July 1903 then?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Definitely, at least one other photo taken from around the same position in the J.J. Clarke collection was attributed to the same time: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000168157 . Not to mention that the driver doesn't match any of the known early motorists of Ireland at this time. Also many came from as far as France to see the Race, which would explain the side panniers for holding tools etc - these were unusual at the time.

The driver reminds me of Mr Toad of Toad Hall, The Wind in the Willows - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Toad

Ben Fagan Huzzah! July 1903 it is then.

Magnifica!

So much nicer without the railings. Isn't the statue in Australia now?

Is it a boer war memorial or is there just a sleepy soldier under it for fun?

And speaking of fun, there should be bronze knockers on the doors to facilitate our senses of humour.

Bronz Knockers indeed ! we are getting ideas above ones station. We only had Brass Knockers in Dublin, the bronze ones were right clangers.