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The Elephant House (formerly the Giraffe House)

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  • derangedlemur said:
    If I remember rightly, it was still like that in the early '70s and would have been here: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,712863,735325,7,9
  • derangedlemur said:
    I think that's the Albert Tower that the elephants are in front of.
  • derangedlemur said:
    From a similar picture in the Northside Pimple: "Dublin Zoo c.1950. Children stand very close, looking in awe at the large Indian elephant, Sara (1932 – 62), who was the last elephant used to give rides for children, and the smaller Ceylonese elephant Komali. The building on the right is the Elephant House or ‘Albert Tower’, which was built in 1845-6 to house a giraffe. On the death of the giraffe the elephants moved into the house. It was designed by George Wilkinson, who was also the architect for Harcourt Street Station"
  • John Spooner said:
    Freeman's disagrees about the architect. The architect of the Albert Tower, Charles Sherrie, died "from the effects of an accident sustained by falling off a car whilst driving up from Holywood to Belfast ... He was also architect of several other important structures in this town, and at present had charge of the new Royal Theatre which is being erected in Belfast" (Freeman's April 11 1871). Admission fees for the Albert Tower in 1854-5 amounted to £1 13s 1d (AGM of the Royal Zoological Society reported in Freeman's May 2 1855). I couldn't help noticing that amongst other sources of income was "manure £14 13s 6d". I imagine elephants made a not insubstantial contribution
  • derangedlemur said:
    There seems to be some difference of opinion as to who the architect was. My quote above is from a "From the Archives" page so I've no idea when it was originally written, other than that it was sometime after 1950. It does have a few design elements also found on Harcourt street station.

The Late Lord Mayor of Cork : A general view of the procession on the way to Euston

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  • Niall McAuley said:
    Pathé news on youtube: Intertitle: "LORD MAYOR of CORK DEAD. Cork - was outwardly calm on receipt of the news - but military patrolled the City unceasingly". Scenes in London, Dublin and Cork. The Mayor, Tomas (Terence) MacSwiney died after a hunger strike, he is succeeded by Mr. O'Callaghan. M/S of the coffin being carried through the street past a large crowd held back by Policemen. A bishop and two priests walk into shot, the bishop sprinkles holy water on the coffin. The pallbearers lift the coffin, covered in the Republican flag, into the back of a hearse. M/S of solemn faced men, including one monk, standing in a row behind the hearse, leading the funeral cortege. M/S of the horse drawn hearse going passing through the streets of Cork, men in civilian dress march in an orderly fashion behind it . One of them men shouts orders and they do an about turn and march in a different direction to escort another horse drawn hearse (possibly a mourner's carriage). High angled L/S of the funeral procession, looking over the heads of a dense crowd of mourners. High angled L/S of the procession rounding a bend in the road, lots of policemen walk alongside the cortege. People standing on the pavement join the tail of the cortege. M/S of a procession of alter boys, choristers and priests. Various C/Us of the pallbearers walking with the coffin and the chief mourners. L/S looking down a crowd lined street in a Cork. We see the pallbearers taking the coffin into the church. More general scenes of the funeral procession and vast crowds of mourners. Some shots are possibly of a Sinn Fein procession in London. M/S of a delegation of men coming down the drive way of a prison - probably Brixton Prison where MacSwiney died.
  • derangedlemur said:
    The Wellington monument, maybe? www.google.ie/maps/@51.5024523,-0.1491506,3a,15.4y,268.21...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Per the wikipedia article on Terence McSweeney: His body lay in St George's Cathedral, Southwark in London where 30,000 people filed past it.[9] Fearing large-scale demonstrations in Dublin, the authorities diverted his coffin directly to Cork and his funeral there on 31 October attracted huge crowds.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    It is only 3 miles from St. George's Cathedral Southwark to Euston Station.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Railings with trees on both sides of the road, distinctive building behind...

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