presidents

It is still Hanlon's.... maps.app.goo.gl/fyvomaJsKwkBNBX49 my guess would be that photo was taken shortly before midday... shadows are to the NNW

Wikipedia includes a photo in O'Connell Street labelled: The inauguration of Seán T. O'Kelly as President of Ireland in 1945. The 2nd Cavalry Squadron of the Blue Hussars escort the President, who travelled in the late Queen Alexandra's landau. The Landau and the Hussars were later scrapped which may explain why I never heard of them before.

A pic auctioned at Whytes is labellled: The Blue Hussars, officially called the Mounted Escort, was a ceremonial unit of the Irish Army established in 1932. It escorted the President of Ireland on state occasions, most famously to and from presidential inaugurations between 1938, when the first president took office, and 1948 when the Escort was disbanded.Seven photographs of the procession of president Sean T. O'Kelly on his inauguration. O'Kelly travelled in the late Queen Alexandra's horse-drawn landau, the first (and only) time when a president went to his or her inauguration in a horse-drawn carriage rather than a car, escorted by the Mounted Escort, or Blue Hussars"; together with a copy photograph of mounted British troops at Dublin Castle. (8)"

So the route was Dublin Castle, up O'Connell Street and then presumably North Circular Road? (Or some shorter but windier route) to the Phoenix Park.

Yes, in NPA OKE/65 they are turning from Berkeley Road onto the NCR. So Castle, College Green, O'Connell St. Parnell Square, Berkeley St/Rd, NCR, todays shot at Hanlon's Corner and into the Phoenix Park.

. The embossed "DO NOT REMOVE" amounts to vandalizing one's own collection. .

sixpounder Thank you for your interest! SMU’s libraries obtain items from various sources, and as a result they show varying levels of wear and use, gained over the course of their lifetime. In this case the photograph arrived with the pre-existing embossed text: File Copy Do Not Remove. Please be assured, our curators take every step possible to ensure that the life of these items is extended through careful preservation, so that future generations may be able to enjoy them.

The library's online exhibit is fascinating. I had not seen most of these photos of TR anywhere else. Not for one moment did I suppose SMU curators were culpable for the embossed labels--which in many instances were stamped directly on the president's face. That was beyond stupid. Had me shaking my head in disgust. . .

Bully!