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7 June 1924 was a Saturday. No moustaches! Is this because of Civic Guards regulations, or fashion in 1924?

Two weeks later in Kilkenny -

And in 1923 (previous year) in Waterford -

The sergeant seated to the right of the officer (from our viewpoint) and the Garda standing immediately behind the officers are wearing a shield-shaped pins on their uniforms - probably indicative of their membership of the Pioneer Total Abstinence Association. Permission was given to PTTA members to wear their Pioneer Pin on their uniforms (according to message #8 in this link: irishconstabulary.com/the-civic-guard-t1554.html)

This building on the corner Lower George's Street and Abbey Street was an RIC barracks when the GeoHive 25" map was surveyed...

2/20 with happy faces ... Crossing the ankles seems to have gone out of style - The ankle cross indicates that the person is holding a negative emotion, uncertainty, fear, feels discomfort or threatened, stress, anxiousness, insecurity or timidity. The ankle or scissor cross also shows reservation and self-restraint, due to withholding of a thought or emotion. When being pitched, it shows resistance to the sale and when being questioned might indicate that lying is taking place. ... From - bodylanguageproject.com/tiny-book-of-body-language/what-i...

beachcomber australia Right enough, I can only see one natural smile between the lot of them

May be wildly putting the cart before the horse, but found this birth announcement in the Irish Press, 5 September 1949...

McGEE – August 29, 1949, at St. Monica’s Nursing Home, Lr. Mount Street, to Matthew and Mary McGee, Collinstown, Lusk – a son.

The clothes do look like late 1940s. Could this be Matthew and Mary McGee?

Is it me or is there a lot of dirt and shreds of waste paper on the carpet particularly to extreme right? Or is it on the plate.

You'd have to think that the wedding must have taken place in Waterford or the surrounding area for Poole to be photographing them in the studio. On-line Civil Records only go up to 1945, and I'm not spotting any obvious candidates for a wedding involving a McGee.

From their website... From 1890 until 1980 the old Good Counsel College stood in the heart of New Ross. It was a small boarding school which catered for students from all parts of Ireland. Quite a bit of variation in the school uniform here. Some with ties, some without, and several different tie designs. Some with waistcoat, some without. And many with no uniform.

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelightfilms] Thanks for the confirmation on New Ross! Wonder if it was an easy-going environment at this school - not such strict regulation of uniforms?

I love the informality of this group shot - and what's so noticeable is that the kids clearly had a terrific relationship with the staff: arms draped round each other, even two boys sitting on masters' shoulders. Looks like it was a fine school with a happy atmosphere.

Not a cleric in sight. Wonder if that made the difference.

Marvellous school shot. Instead of standing to attention in lines waiting for execution they are all relaxed and at ease. Wonderful memory for the lot of them.