mirzarizakhan

Here is an account of the meeting from the Irish Times August 5th 1924. The President and Vice President of the Executive Council , t Minister of External Affairs, the Chief Justice, the Commander in Chief, His Highness Prince Mirza Khan, Afra ed Dooleh, His Highness the Count von Schlitz, Gennant von Goertz, His Excellency Dr. Magalhaes de Azeredo, Senhor Figueredo, His Excellency the Baron Palmstierna. President Cosgrave, who was accompanied by Colonel O’Reilly, A.D.C. and Captain Murphy, A.D.C., was presented by the Marquis MacSwiney, M.R.I.A., to Dr L.C. Purser, Vice-President of the Academy, and to the following members of the Council who wore their academic robes: - Dr R. Lloyd Praeger, Sir Frederick Moore, V.P.; Dr R.F. Scharff, Dr W.R. Fearon, Very Rev. Dr Lawlor, Dean of St Patrick’s; Dr Kirpatrick, Dr R.A.S. Macalister, De Best, V.P.; Mr E.J. Gwynn, Dr. George O’Brien, Mr. W. G. Strickland and Mr W.F. Butler and to Senator W.B. Yeats, Litt.D, M.R.I.A., and Dr R Macalister, Resident Secretary. The president of the Academy (Dr. Sydney Young, F.R.S.) and the provost of trinity College, the Primate (Dr. d’Arcy) and other members of the Council, were unable to be present owing to absence abroad. The guests were conducted to the Moore Library, where the foreign visitors were presented to President Cosgrave who, owing to his absence in London, had not previously met them. They were then entertained to tea in the reading room , and then proceeded to the library, where some of the famous Irish Manuscripts possessed by the Academy were on view. Having examined these unique literary treasures they accompanied their hosts to the National Museum, where they were received by Mr J. J> Buckley, M.R.I.A., Acting Director, and inspected the Academy’s famous museum of Irish antiquities. We were informed that the exhibition of manuscripts and rare Irish books at the Academy will be open to the public each week-day except Saturdays, from 11.0 till 2.0. A fine collection of similar objects relating to Ireland has been arranged in the National Library, in Kildare street, and is open from 11.00 till 5.0 during the next fortnight.

DannyM8 Excellent, Danny, so we have an exact date too - Monday, 4 August 1924!

Carol Maddock And a couple of NLI connections - Praeger and the last paragraph of the IT piece!! We need the notes feature for this one.

www.britishpathe.com/video/royal-irish-academy/query/Prince Pathe coverage of the meeting and our picture

And this event at the RIA was part of the celebration of the first Tailteann Games. On the Persian Prince Mirza Riza Khan, the Irish Independent said:

In recognition of the splendid work done by this eminent Persian in the cause of peace, many distinctions of a literary and philosophic nature have been conferred upon him. He was the first Persian delegate to the League of Nations, and wrote an ode addressed to the first conference in favour of peace held at The Hague. This ode was translated into fifteen languages. The Prince is at present residing at Monte Carlo, where he owns a beautiful villa. It has been arranged to put the Chief Secretary’s Lodge in the Phoenix Park at his disposal during his stay in Dublin.

(Thursday, 24 July 1924)

I think the fez-wearing man is here, meaning that it is probably Tailteann Games dignitaries again:

Some overlaps with this group? (Or am I just being swayed by the fez?) www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/18426438103/ [EDIT: Snap Sharon Corbet :) ]

guliolopez At least we have notes back this time!

The account of the opening of the Tailteann Games in the London Times on Monday, Aug 04, 1924 says

Mr Healy was accompanied by Sir John and Lady Lavery, and with him in the stand were Mr. Compton MacKenzie, Mr Augustus John, Mr G K Chesterton, Mr John MacCormack and Sir Edwin Lutyens, and a number of representative foreigners.

Is that Augustus John third from left on the back row, with his best side towards the camera as in the Time cover? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_John#/media/File:Time-maga... I'm not so sure now. [edit; I'm convinced it isn't him, but the picture of him in the London Times at the even's garden party has his head at exactly the same angle]

"but what else do we know about them?" It is conspicuous, they are having a good time.