proclamation

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.

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.

Given the dates, I'd guess that the proclamation they're reading might be the death of Edward VII in 1910. That wall looks like the brick wall that surrounds Buckingham Palace. Mind you, he died in May and those trees are definitely winter trees! Could it possibly be the death of Queen Victoria, she died in January.

I'm thinking war dead

War dead would be announced in newspapers: the Palace has a tradition of posting birth/death announcements on the gates and walls.

Hi, I think this is Marlborough Road and the wall forms part of the entrance to Marlborough House. The blind window openings on the building behind the wall indicate that it is the Guards Club, the openings were made that way because the building overlooked the grounds of Marlborough House. See below. I think that the Proclamation refers to the accession of King Edward VII. The proclamation is always written in the same terms, the list which appears on the second sheet are those who have signed the Proclamation, they include the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Privy Councillors and The Lord Mayor of London and other City representatives. Here is the proclamation of King Edward VII. "Whitehall, January 23, 1901. On Tuesday afternoon, the twenty-second of January instant, at half-past six o'clock, our late most gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria expired at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, in the eighty-second year of Her age, and the sixty-fourth year of Her reign. This event has caused one universal feeling of regret and sorrow to Her late Majesty's faithful and attached subjects, to whom She was endeared by the deep interest in their welfare which She invariably manifested, as well as by the signal virtues which marked and adorned Her character. Upon the intimation of this distressing event, the Lords of the Privy Council assembled this day at St. James's Palace, and gave orders for proclaiming His present Majesty, who made a most gracious declaration to them, and caused all the Lords and others of the late Queen's Privy Council, who were then present, to be sworn of His Majesty's Privy Council. Whereas it hath pleased Almighty God to call to His mercy our late Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria, of Blessed and Glorious Memory, by whose Decease the Imperial Crown of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is solely and rightfully come to the High and Mighty Prince Albert Edward : We, therefore, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal of this Realm, being here assisted with these of her late Majesty's Privy Council, with numbers of other principal gentlemen of quality, with the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, and citizens of London, do now hereby, with one voice and consent of tongue and heart, publish and proclaim, That the High and Mighty Prince Albert Edward, is now, by the death of our late Sovereign, of happy memory, become our only lawful and rightful Liege Lord Edward the Seventh, by the Grace of God, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India: To whom we do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience, with all hearty and humble affection, beseeching God, by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to bless the Royal Prince Edward the Seventh, with long and happy years to reign over us. Given at the Court at St. James's, the twenty-third day of January, in this year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one".