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This could be any of 3 gates - the Grafton St, Merrion Row and Leeson St. corners. The only surviving one is at Leeson St. (Grafton St. now has Fusilier's Arch, and Merrion Row was altered to stick in the Robert Emmet statue.) Streetview.

The notes on the photo in the NLI mention the following: "Boat decorated with garlands etc. as part of an annual fund-raising flag day held by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in Dublin and across the U.K."

Sharon Corbet Robert Emmet? This is Tonehenge! And I think this is the Merrion Row corner, based on the position of that tram wire pole and squinting at the OSI map.

Thanks Sharon Corbet - I guess we should pay more attention to our own notes :)

Sharon Corbet The tram pole would narrow it down to Merrion Row or Grafton St corner, 25" OSI Stephens Green

24 February 1914 was a Tuesday ...

Related to this one: After the Fethard Lifeboat Disaster.

Oh dear! Disaster KLAXON ! ... www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/they-said...

Fethard Lifeboat Crew - Christopher Bird (Cox), John McNamra (2nd Cox), Thomas Handrick (Bowman), William Bird, James Morrissey, Michael Handrick, Patrick Butler, William Bandville, Patrick Roche, George Crompton. Richard Bird, Garrett Handrick, John Kelly, Patrick Cullen. From - www.mariner.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Fethard-Lifeboa... p.16

The five surviving lifeboat crew were later given medals by the King of Norway, and the RNLI.

interesting wheel-system

A wonderful image.

The volunteers of the RNLI are still at Tramore. It must be the only Royal organisation remaining in the Republic of Ireland. www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/ireland

Martin Black, author of our publication, ‘G.L. Watson – the Art and Science of Yacht Design’, came up with the following information on this Tramore lifeboat, named “Henley”, after her donor, Mrs G. Henley of Highbury. She was designed by G.L. Watson, Glasgow, Scotland (design no. 233) in 1892, and built by Chambers & Colby of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, as a sailing and pulling, non-self-righting lifeboat. She weighed 3 tons 5 cwt (very light for a lifeboat) and was specifically designed to be very lightweight to allow launching from the soft beach at Tramore. “Henley” was 32 ft long with a beam of 8 ft and carried 10 rowers. “Henley” was based at Tramore from 1893 to 1918 and saved 19 lives. More information on G.L. Watson’s pulling and sailing lifeboats here: peggybawn.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/the-weekend-watson-cha...