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A lot of ladies in the audience, a female speaker and the word 'Excommunicated' on the bottom of the banner. No obvious Police or Army presence. Joan of Arc (1412–1431) was formally canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on 16 May 1920, but Her Feast day is 30 May.

Per the Indo: In fact, one has to go back as far as 1920 for the last time an Irish person had excommunication imposed on them. It happened during the War of Independence and was declared by Bishop Daniel Cohalan of Cork. Alarmed by the scale of the violence that had engulfed his diocese, he insisted "that anyone who organised or took part in an ambush or in kidnapping or otherwise shall be guilty of murder, or attempt at murder, shall incur by the very fact the censure of excommunication". A number of Republicans were subsequently excommunicated and it has been suggested that future Taoiseach Éamon de Valera was among those who suffered the censure.

We have seen those swan necked lights many times in central Dublin, I don't think we have seen one in Cork...

The "Blessed Joan of Arc was Excommunicated" certainly suggests the War of Independence/Civil War, and that this is an anti-Treaty meeting. Anti treaty feeling was stronger in Cork than Dublin.

Could it be after the burning of Macroom Castle?

One hit for that name in the 1901 census, clearly a catholic girl's school. Age 16, Birthplace County Galway.

Birth record from 1884, somewhere illegible near Gort. Father William, profession possibly Teacher and..., mother might be Johanna.

Yes, the 1901 census shows William and Johanna, both national teachers in Ardimullivan.

Siblings Lizzie (19 and a Monitress) and John (12) also at home, along with Bridget Little, another teacher, and one servant Lizzie Murphy.

"Photographers to the King & Queen" implies after 1901.

A Mary Clandillon graduated from The Royal University of Ireland in 1906 with honours (2nd class) in modern literature.

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"Copies from this photograph can be enlarged to life size and painted in oil or water colours"
Extra adverts from Lafayette on the reverse, see - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000671435
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3 August 1924 was a Sunday ...

I seem to recall an Irish patriot, maybe one of the Young Irelanders who escaped Van Diemen's Land, relocated then later passed away in California, back in 1924, but I am not 100% sure.

The x marks Mrs P., probably Mrs Pakenham according to the notes on the back.

The wreath's a bit illegible. Looks like Wehfyer Street

The building behind them is Liberty Outfitting