proclamation

I have seen this before in the context of one of your photographs, but I cant remember which one? Possibly the Dublin Bread Company?

Interesting video - Padraig Yeates tells us about Irelands first bloody Sunday where between 400 to 600 Dubliners were seriously injured in Sackville Street (now O Connell Street) on August 31st 1913 following a passionate speech by trade unionist Jim Larkin. This was the beginning of the Great Dublin Lock-Out which left nearly a 1/3 of the population starving. www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvplJ4XC_GI

From his obituary in the London Times May 9 1927 Sir Ernest Godwin Swifte, K.C., died on May 7th 1927 aged 87. He was promoted to Chief Magistrate in 1910, and retired in 1921.

He was the lineal descendent and representative of Godwin Swift, of Swift's Heath, Kilkenny, the uncle and guardian of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's. His uncle, Mr Godwin Meade Pratt Swift, when head of the Swift family in Ireland, revived the ancient spelling of Swifte for Swift, a change to which Sir Ernest Swifte's father conformed much to his regret, but which has not been adopted by other members of the family.

DannyM8 "... was noted from his earliest years for his affection for dogs"

John Spooner Funny

In making his public appearance, Mr Larkin may have been delivering on a promise made some days ago, but he was also acting in defiance of an official proclamation prohibiting the holding of a meeting on Sackville street. Of course, Mr Larkin had flagged his intentions in advance; before a massive crowd of an estimated 10,000 people at Beresford Place two nights ago - August 29th - he not only made a very public point of burning a copy of the proclamation which barred the proposed meeting on; he also claimed that he cared as little for the King as he did for the magistrate, Mr. Swifte. The tenor of his remarks on that occasion led to a warrant for his arrest, yet until yesterday, Mr Larkin managed to evade the clutches of the police www.rte.ie/centuryireland/articles/larkin-makes-dramatic-... There is also a good photo of Larkin in disguise being arrested, and good reports of the events in the Imperial Hotel - which occupied part of the Clerys building.

The proclamation on the left dates from August 6th. There were more proclamations on the 14th and later each referring to the earlier ones.

Thanks Sharon Corbet. That stacks up with our own investigations on dates as well. For example, this transcription of an article dated 15 August 1914 from the "County Express" (for Worcestershire and Staffordshire) reads:

"Aliens restriction order in Council". Notices under the above heading, issued by order of the Secretary of State for the Home Department, have been posted this week in all public places announcing “That aliens of German nationality are required to register themselves forthwith. They should apply immediately to the nearest police station for instructions. Penalty (for not registering, etc,) a fine of £100 or imprisonment for six months.” In Amblecote and Worcester there are resident some 20 persons of Austrian nationality employed in the glass industry. In accordance with the notices the majority have already reported themselves to the local police stations for registration. In one case, one Austrian from this district left his country and it is stated that he has been captured in Holland.

That an attachment/addendum was added to one of the notices (that says "This notice now applies also to AUSTRIAN and to HUNGARIAN SUBJECTS"), would suggest the Clonbrock/Dillon photographer probably didn't capture this when the bills were first posted. But it was still probably relatively early in the war. As the bills were unusual enough to warrant capturing...

A copy of the greyer middle notice appears in the Nenagh Guardian on Saturday 15 August 1914. The full transcription reads as below. All very laudible sensible stuff really:

Irish Agricultural Organisation Society, Limited THE WAR AND FOOD SUPPLIES To the organised farmers of Ireland In this time of grave national peril our farmers will have to bear their full share of the privations which must be borne by all classes in the country. The I.A.O.S. has sent to every society in Ireland a supply of leaflets giving full instructions as to how supplies of human and animal food may best be increased and conserved. These leaflets may be had on application to the manager or secretary of your society. Briefly stated these recommendations are - 1. Not to sell any serviceable breeding stock especially milk cows, heifers, sows, ewes, &c. - 2. To sow immediately quick-growing crops on land from which potatoes and corn crops have been harvested, or upon lea land. These sowings will provide abundant winter fodder. - 3. Not to sell grain, hay or straw to speculators who will merely hold for a rise in price and so intensify distress in the country. - 4. To save from waste anything and everything that may be used as food by man or beast and to exercise the strictest economy in the household and on the farm. - 6. To sell all butter as fast as produced at current market prices, pasteurising all cream from which it is made so as to prevent deterioration in the event of delayed transit, and exercising the greatest care in giving credit to any but known customers. - 6. To hatch all fertile eggs, so as to maintain large stocks of poultry, selling and consuming only those which can be spared. - 7. Above all, to discountenance any attempt to raise prices beyond what is justified by the increased cost of production. The I.A.O.S. will, as far as possible, give instructions to affiliated societies in carrying out these recommendations. Our farmers have co-operated loyally with each other in times of peace ; they are now called upon to co-operate with the whole community while the war lasts in preserving all classes of our population from want. - HORACE PLUNKETT, President - T. A. FINLAY Vice-President - R. A. ANDERSON , Secretary Dublin, 8th August, 1914

The one above the Alien's Restriction Order is here. A proclamation on the Defence of the Realm from August 4th 1914. guliolopez Horace Plunkett's diary for 1914 is available at the NLI. (Original).

Galway courthouse, it looks ruined inside.

Streetview - goo.gl/maps/YX81Z11ufWf9nfth9

"VOTE for MORRIS" seems to be this fellow - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Morris,_2nd_Baron_Killanin "... He was elected to the House of Commons for Galway Borough in 1900, a seat he held until the following year when he succeeded his father as second Baron Killanin and entered the House of Lords...."

Queen Victoria died at 6.30 pm on Tuesday 22 January 1901, so this photo is likely to be the next day, Wednesday 23 January (?). Extraordinary details of Victoria's death and funeral - www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/queen-victoria-deat...

Another historic moment, captured by the camera loving Dillons. Thanks. It appears to be The Town Hall Theatre In Galway in the background, rather than the courthouse which is opposite it. Must have been undergoing some refurbishment at the time.