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Relief

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 6 older comments, and then…
  • Patrick Castelli said:
    Who's who in this photo?
    Th officer (I'm going by the cut of his uniform) has Flying Corps wings above his campaign ribbons. campaign ribbons are also worn my the man to his right.
    By the look of cap badges (a harp surmounted by a crown) and the dark uniforms they might be members of the RIC . The presence of a khaki clad officer also makes me think of RIC Auxiliaries, aka Black and Tans.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    I'm assuming he's Auxiliary - those men were recruited from ex-WWI officers including the Royal Flying Corps. Most of the others seem to be Black and Tans. So many men (mostly WWI veterans) responded to British Government appeals for recruits to bolster R.I.C. (Royal Irish Constabulary) numbers, that there was a severe shortage of uniforms. Hence the Tans mostly ended up with khaki trousers and dark tops, either R.I.C. (dark green) or British police tunics (dark blue) - and hence the nickname...
  • Peter Mc said:
    For more on this attack, and some fascinating details on participants from both sides, see this link - irishconstabulary.com/topic/755/Q-Company
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Peter Mc Thank you! Absolutely fascinating, and allowed me to tag with Q Company...
    With regard to the "liquid fire" spoken of on irishconstabulary.com, the Irish Times reported that:
    "... A sinister feature of the attack was the use of gas bombs and of bottles containing a thick red-brown corrosive liquid, which gave off nauseous fumes and partially choked the police occupants of the hotel..."
  • Patrick Castelli said:
    Peter Mc Very interesting, I read the account of the attack, fascinating!

Police - destroyed guns[?] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • Wystan said:
    Police officer casts forfeited guns into the sea: Another photo of the forfeited guns:
  • Ryan (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks Wystan, for pointing to the photos in which you can actually read the captions. We'll correct the caption for this image next time we update the record.

Secret Destination? Probably Passage West in Cork

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 14 older comments, and then…
  • Fabio said:
    Beautiful Shot!
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  • philip ward said:
    Those pistols seem a little surplus to requirments with those two Lewis gun teams on deck !!.
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    philip ward I think it's safe to say that this shot is very posed! Not convinced that they were aiming at anything in particular besides providing a good propaganda photo...
  • Acrid Home said:
    Given there are no spent cartridges on the deck I would agree its posed. Free State Government had a very good Propaganda Department alright.
  • oaktree_brian_1976 said:
    Likely Webley revolvers?