michaelcollins

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 ?!

Hmmm - wiki says 21/08/1921 - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tom_Barry,_August_1921_(cropped)_(cropped).png

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

Tom Barry: 'We May Have Great Men, But We’ll Never Have Better'

29 Parnell Sq. West.
maps.app.goo.gl

Somebody with good photoshop skills should be able to restore this image, although it is much more striking and poignant with the cracks.

Does the image need flipping? The buttons and the Sam Brown belt ... See this - upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Young_Michael... from - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Collins_(Irish_leader)

Yes, the Sam Browne belt normally goes over the right shoulder - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Browne_belt

I wonder if somebody with leanings to the "other side" was responsible for the cracks and cracking?

beachcomber australia Your wish is my command. Flipped.

Being able to see evocative photographs such as this, taken in emotional times when history really was in the making, makes me appreciate more than ever the immense and irreplaceable value of photography, and of the National Library's archive. This is an outstanding image, not least because it's immediate and unposed... and the subjects, of course, are of profound importance to Ireland's history. Utterly beyond value - and a joy to view, nearly 90 years later.

Well Taken. Grief for families world wide is to lose a Soldier at war.

Thank you my friend,..Respect..!

Wonderful historic vintage photo in B&W!!! Not knowing Irish heroes as well as y'all, can you tag the soldiers so one can know which is Michael Collins and Risteard Mulcahy in this photo. Thank you so very much!!!

Angela Orlando Sorry, maorlando, should have done that earlier. Notes now added on each man...