lifebelt

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Step out of the car please, Sir

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Patrick Castelli said:
    Who was manning the road block, I wonder? British or Irish soldiers? They are wearing Pattern 1914 leather webbing, that integrated the Pattern 1908 canvas webbing during the Great War. They are also carrying extra cloth cartridge bandoliers for fast reloading. Leather Pattern 1914 webbing was withdrawn by the Britsih Military in 1921, but no doubt it remained in service longer in other militaries that used Britsh equipment. Here's an interesting website about webbing www.karkeeweb.com/1914main.html
  • Patrick Castelli said:
    In this 1919 photo, taken in Germany, my great grandfather (to the right) is wearing a Pattern 1908 canvas webbing belt, while his friend to the left has a pattern 1914 leather one. [http://www.flickr.com/photos/patrick_castelli/5922054314/]
  • Patrick Castelli said:
    I just saw the date the photo was taken on, so these must be British soldiers, and as all canvas Pattern 1908 webbing was reserved for front line troops, that explains the use of leather Pattern 1914!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Patrick Castelli Sorry, Patrick, didn't get to this quickly enough, but sure you answered your own question without me! :) However, it's an interesting point, and made me return to the description above. I had put in "British soldiers", but have now amended it to "British ARMY soldiers". Those individual men could have been Irish, English, Welsh or Scottish...
  • Patrick Castelli said:
    National Library of Ireland on The Commons True, I was wondering that myself, they might even have belonged to locally recruited Irish regiments. Even if I suspect that the British War Office made sure all Irish soldiers were stationed and trained away from Ireland...for obvious reasons!

The Lizard

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • Juffrouw Jo said:
    Can I come?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Juffrouw Jo Certainly! As long you don't expect me to dress for dinner every evening...
  • DannyM8 said:
    没有狗
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    DannyM8 Knew that'd say "No dogs" before the power vested in me by Google Translate allowed the Chinese > English translation! :D Early regulations regarding rabies and a particularly virulent form of canine distemper precluded the transportation of dogs between Scotland and Ireland at this time, and that's why there're no dogs in this photo. Honest!
  • DannyM8 said:
    Honest!!!!!!!?? Enjoy your break, Bring us back a Parrot! (or a dog)

This is not Youghal, y'all!

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • heady school said:
    Is that man sitting on a suitcase, having missed the boat? If you view the largest size, there's some writing on the lifering (is that the proper term), that seems to end in "HAL". So, sould be Youghal. Maybe I'm imagining it.
  • Nick Stewart said:
    That is a fabulous image. Looks like grass growing up through the boards, which would suggest that its not used a lot? Wherever it is, I love it.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    That's a very distinctive church steeple, but I don't recognize it.
  • Woesinger said:
    Warren Fleury on Broadsheet.ie says it's "Looking across at Monkstown, Co. Cork from Verlome Dockyard, Carrigaloe." A quick look on Google Street View shows up the distinctive steeple, so I'd say Warren has the right of it.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Yes, here's a photo of the Sacred Heart church behind that row of seafront buildings in panoramio.