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“Abstract
While the participation of Irishmen in the Great War has prompted much scholarship, the
commemoration of their involvement – and in particular how Irish journalism reported and
interpreted such commemorations – has been less examined. This article argues that the
journalism surrounding the annual Armistice Day commemoration was a central factor in the
battle for power in independent Ireland. It finds that the annual commemoration played a
major part in the identity politics of the Irish Free State and that this was greatly intensified
by journalistic argument about the motives of those who had fought in the Great War, what
that war meant in relation to the freedom of small nations, and how best to commemorate
those who had died. It also finds that while such journalistic argument helped engender an
air of stigma about Irish involvement in the Great War, later journalistic arguments played a
key role in removing that stigma”

doras.dcu.ie/24043/1/Whose War Was It Anyway.pdf

doras.dcu.ie/24043/1/Whose%20War%20Was%20It%20Anyway.pdf

Armistice anniversaries 1926

youtu.be/Q7NaTcxTiAU?si=q80g8fPzcPfVnMyM

Funny/peculiar 'a's and 'e's in that script ...

The lads in the back of the truck seem to be enjoying themselves all the same.

Try as I might, I've found no press reports of Sinn Fein MPs being arrested on Armistice Day 1926.

I believe this is from the 1911 food riots in France -- the photograph actually says St. Quentin. Plus the french sign in the background and the cobblestone streets would indicate france as well.

Yes, the broken door reads "estaminet" which means bistro or small cafe in french.

C'est incontestablement à Saint-Quentin en France www.mappy.com/mappymoi/map?data_id=7C20C34E-698C-45B6-86F... Il doit s'agir des manifestations d'aout et septembre 1911.

Appreciate the extra confirmation from three sources! We'll update the description.

Saint-Quentin is a commune in the Aisne départment in Picardy in northern France. It has been identified as the Augusta Veromanduorum of antiquity. It is named after Saint Quentin, who is said to have been martyred here in the 3rd century. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Quentin,_France

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Police History, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

Thanks for adding this to the Police History Group -- Seen in Police History (?)

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage Shadow People, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

I'd riot too if someone upped all the food prices... We've added your photo to our favorites and to our photo collection related to food prices.

Another Bain/LOC photo from the 1911 Food Price Riots of St. Quentin, France: