shelbourne

This is a view of the venerable hotel from St. Stephen's Green. The comparison with the park of today is striking. Nowadays only the top of the hotel is visible over mature trees.

Can't wait to stay here in a few weeks!

2011 photo from Flickr user Richard Cowdell is at: www.flickr.com/photos/56225952@N06/5518579938/

The hotel is in a photo from the National Library of Ireland that looks down the street by the park. The flag on the hotel is centre right.

The comments there reach the conclusion that the NLI photo above was taken between 1873 and 1878.

Another NLI photo which shows the hotel at right and has lots of well-informed discussion as comments.

In 1922 the Constitution of the Irish Free State was drafted in this hotel, in room 112. "The Constitution of the Irish Free State was the 2nd constitution of the independent Irish state. It was adopted by Act of Dáil Éireann sitting as a constituent assembly on the 25th October, 1922 and was proclaimed by Royal Proclamation on 6 December 1922 in accordance with Article 83 of the Constitution and came into operation on the issue of that Proclamation." See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Irish_Free_State and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelbourne_Hotel

Ford Model A truck would put photograph post 1927 XI 1 to XI 9999 (Jan 1921 – Feb 1928); Belfast plate. EI 1 to EI 9999 (Dec 1903 – Nov 1959) Sligo plate

The next photo in the series-- EAS_1453-- ,which was probably taken the same day, has a bus with Reg. AZ 1394. The AZ numbers commenced Feb. 1928 (AZ 1 to AZ 9999 (Feb 1928 – Nov 1932);

Streetview

Cakeview in the Shelbourne at right.

I like the Cakeview ... Yum !