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This chap, presumably: www.dia.ie/architects/view/2632

He has a very architectural face.

He didn't just frequent the Abbey, he seems to have built it (or at any rate converted it from a previous theater). www.dia.ie/architects/view/2632#tab_works blog.oldabbeytheatre.net/archives/13

He lived at 21 Northumberland Road, Ballsbridge for 60 years - goo.gl/maps/tnhqumzwbcYaannj6 - according to an interesting 2004 letter in the Irish TImes - www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/remembering-joseph-hol... Edit - Just realized this terrace is directly behind the camera in this recent tram photo. Coincidence?

Converted the Mechanics Institute, a gift from Annie Horniman, whom we came across before in the Lennox Robinson photo, into the original Abbey Theatre in Abbey St., per the 25-inch, which shows both the theatre and the Institute still beside it. It must have been converted from another premises, perhaps the old Hibernian Theatre?

H. S. Priest, chief counsel for the Waters-Pierce Oil Company query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0CE1D81231E233A...

Henry S. Priest, a former Federal Judge, was candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States senator of Missouri in 1920. Evening star. [volume], June 06, 1920, Page 22, col. 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1920-06-06/ed-... One of his opponents was Breckinridge Long, who was nominated. But Selden P. Spencer won reelection. This man and the chief counsel for the Waters-Pierce Oil Company are probably the same.

From the Federal Judicial Center: "Priest, Henry Samuel Born February 7, 1853, in Ralls County, MO Died July 9, 1930, in St. Louis, MO Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Nominated by Grover Cleveland on August 6, 1894, to a seat vacated by Amos M. Thayer. Confirmed by the Senate on August 9, 1894, and received commission on August 9, 1894. Service terminated on May 23, 1895, due to resignation. Education: Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, A.B., 1872 Read law, 1873 Professional Career: Private practice, Moberly, Missouri, 1873-1880 City attorney, Moberly, Missouri Attorney, Missouri Pacific and Wabash Railroads, St. Louis Missouri, 1881-1894 Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1895- Candidate for U.S. Senate from Missouri, 1920 Candidate for governor, Missouri, 1924" www.fjc.gov/node/1386601 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Samuel_Priest

Thank you all for the information on Priest.

More about him in - Centennial history of Missouri (the center state) one hundred years in the Union, 1820-1921, p. 110 ff. archive.org/stream/centennialhistor03stev#page/110/mode/2up/ and - The Priest family : a collection of data, original, contributed and selected, concerning various branches of the Priest family, p. 477 ff. archive.org/stream/priestfamilycoll00fost#page/n475/mode/... An article in the Gasconade County Republican from Owensville, Missouri · Page 4, February 15, 1940 confirms that he acted as counsel for the Waters-Pierce Oil Company as well. www.newspapers.com/newspage/82970609/

Albert Victor Drury (1837-1907), a public servant, was born on 28 August 1837 in Brussels. Albert was educated in Brussels and reared in an atmosphere of close familiarity with people in high places. In 1855-61 he was a clerk in the War Office, London, and in 1862 went to Queensland to join his elder brother, Edward Robert. Albert began work in the Colonial Secretary's Office and in January 1867 was the fourth to be appointed clerk of the Executive Council of Queensland, a post he held for a record term of over thirty-seven years. He was a prominent figure in government circles and enjoyed the friendship of governors, premiers and many ministers of the Crown, and moved with them in the highest stratum of colonial society. The lonely bachelor, (Sir) William Cairns, thought so highly of him that after his return to England he sent £300, insisting that Drury should visit him there. By virtue of his experience, ability and tact he became the confidant of those he served from the fourth ministry in 1866-67 to the twenty-second in 1903-04. The Imperial Service Order was conferred on him in 1903. Drury was something of an unofficial historian and kept many scrapbooks of newspaper cuttings, photographs, invitations, menus and other memorabilia relating to royalty and its representatives, governments and politicians. This collection, now in the Oxley Memorial Library, is a valuable source of reference to government activities and personalities. Drury retired in 1904 and died at his home in Brisbane on 6 September 1907, survived by his wife Mary, née Pring, whom he had married on 28 March 1864, and by four of their six children. Source: adb.anu.edu.au/biography/drury-albert-victor-3444