nationalarmy

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The Bridge, Athlone

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 25 older comments, and then…
  • Stuart said:
    They are marching to the barracks....on the other side of that bridge.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Lovely!

    The building at top right of this one is the same as the building at top left of this (earlier) one nearby:
    Our first Chimney Sweep?
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley Spotted your note for the "works" on the bridge. Was it a swing bridge?
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The narrow part of the bridge nearest the camera was a lifting section to allow sailing ships past. You can see some cogs in the mechanism at the bottom of the narrow section. This has since been replaced with a wider but uglier flat concrete span visible here:

    20070511Ireland 364
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Things in 1922 were unchanged since the the GeoHive OS 25" (which has an incorrect survery date of 1888 attached, but is actually after 1905.) The Bank is still there, the Woollen Mills burned down in the 1940s and a Radisson Blu is there now, the Methodist Church is still there but the steeple is gone, and the Post Office is gone too, replaced by a rather ugly Bank building.

Standing still for history

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing - Spot The Differences ...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    From which we learn that this is July 1922 at Cruise's Royal Hotel in Limerick.
  • Vab2009 said:
    It wasn’t until 1928 (UK) that total voting emancipation occurred for women with voting under the age of 30 (Rep of the People Act). My mum recalled her mother voting for the first time. But yes - definitely a historic day today. I assume it was the same in N. Ireland. When did it change in the Rep of Ireland? This is stunningly clear photo - it is easy to see their features - they would be recognisable.
  • John Spooner said:
    I've just spent a fruitless five minutes trying to judge whether HOG12 was taken earlier than HOG133 by the length of the cigarettes, but came to no definite conclusion. Just that the one in the middle has a butt in his hand, as do the two to his right.
  • John Spooner said:
    The one in the middle has a butt in his hand, as do the two to his right.

Commandant Leonard

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 7 older comments, and then…
  • derangedlemur said:
    Not a huge amount on him: www.limerickcity.ie/media/1922%2007%2024%20vol%201%20no%2...
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    I think this is his BMH Statement, which gives him a first name, Joe, and mentions that he was part of the Squad.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    4 July 1922 was a Tuesday.
  • O Mac said:
    Leonard was on the "Ashtown Ambush" when the IRA failed to assassinate Lord French. www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/17069060140/in/photolist-... He seems to have had a wry sense of humour by his BMH account. "Lord Lieutenant Ffrench 19th December, 1919. Ashtown. Lord Ffrench was a gallant gentleman and he conducted his British affairs in Ireland to the very best of his ability but he fell very short of our idea as to how we could run our own country ourselves, consequently it was thought best to remove him from office by gunfire....!"
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I see one source saying this is him aged 18 in the 1911 census.