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Leo Fitzgerald, killed in action.

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 9 older comments, and then…
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Fitzgerald Leo. Volunteer, B Company, 3rd Battalion, Dublin Brigade, Irish Volunteers. He was Killed in Action on the 14th of March 1921 aged 31 during the War of Independence, he was part of an IRA unit keeping guard over a meeting attended by Sean McBride at Saint Andrews Club, 144 Brunswick Street, the meeting was raided by Police and he was killed in the ensuing gun battle. Fought at Boland’s Mills Boland’s Bakery during the Rising. from Irish Medals.

    Most of his family were also involved in the War of Independence, according to Irish Medals. He’s here with his family in Great Brunswick St. (now Pearse St.) 1901. By 1911, most of them at Gaelicised their name.
  • beachcomber australia said:
    More background story to the "Pearse Street Ambush" - www.theirishstory.com/2015/01/26/the-pearse-street-ambush...

    There is a commemorative plaque there now - streetview - goo.gl/maps/DQcyT8ukDbXKfixo8

    The house is now part of Dublin City Library & Archive - via Dublin City Libraries
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Via Trove only one article describing military and auxiliary forces searching mourners and the church vaults at a special Mass for Leo Fitzgerald and David Kelly - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212397212
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! Is this block of flats in Hogan Place Dublin named after Leo Fitzgerald? via picturesbyJOE
  • Augusta Godenot said:
    rarely do you see the phrase "killed in action on *** street", so specific and so personal. Love the Irish!

Remembering Lady Alice

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

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  • beachcomber australia said:
    Lady Alice Ma[r]y Gaisford (née Kerr) (1837 - 1892)
    In 1860 by Disdéri

    From - www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp90508/lady-ali...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    From thepeerage: Lady Alice Mary Kerr was the daughter of John William Robert Kerr, 7th Marquess of Lothian and Lady Cecil Chetwynd Chetwynd-Talbot. She married Thomas Gaisford, son of Very Rev. Thomas Gaisford and Helen Margaret Douglas, on 20 June 1870. She died on 25 January 1892. Her married name became Gaisford. Children of Lady Alice Mary Kerr and Thomas Gaisford Walter Thomas Gaisford b. 7 Oct 1871, d. 15 Sep 1915 Hugh William Gaisford b. 18 Oct 1874
  • Niall McAuley said:
    From the plaque on the memorial: This crucifix is erected to the glory of God and to the memory of Lady Alice Mary Gaisford who died at Killarney House XXV January MDCCCXCII by her loving friends and relatives. May she rest in peace. The scrolls higher up are Bible quotes.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    I do not see a record of her death.
  • CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
    "The crucifix set in the archway is very impressive and the gravestone in the well tended plot would seem to suggest that" they were very wealthy.

Auto met koeienvanger voor voetgangers / Car with shovel for pedestrians

from Nationaal Archief

  • Randall Wade (Rand) Grant said:
    Damn, and that got shut down?! I keep thinking we could use these now a days.
  • pixelmaik said:
    Fantastic shot
  • Bryan Yates said:
    Have these people never heard of 'elf and Safety!
  • Ulterior Motive Vax - Just Say NO! said:
    Car with COWCATCHER for pedestrians
  • incredible face said:
    its a taxicab I can see the taximeter