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1701 – Statue of William of Orange, College Green, Dublin archiseek.com/2012/1701-statue-of-william-of-orange-colle... (Again!!) Of all the military and royal statuary in Dublin, that of William III drew most aggression, serving as it did as a focal point for annual Orange celebrations on July 1, the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne, and on November 4, the king’s birthday. On these dates the statue was painted white, the figure adorned with a yellow cloak, the horse garlanded with orange lilies and ribbons, and the surrounding railings painted orange and blue. Placing shamrock and green and white ribbons (the national colours) under the horse’s uplifted foot was even more provocative to the nationalists, who retaliated with stone throwing and rioting. In 1710 the statue was smeared with mud and its sceptre stolen by several students from nearby Trinity College, more of whom were expelled. It was smeared with tar several times, and watchmen had to be posted at the statue to protect it. It was finally taken after it was badly damaged in an explosion in November 1928.

maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,715799,734088,7,9

"Equestrian Statue of William III", it says.

maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,715799,734088,7,7 says "Statue of King Wm III"

DannyM8 They're brilliant! Wondering what happened to the bits left over...

Looks like one for the no longer standing album. Here, I reckon: goo.gl/maps/sobwpynQejbBxs1Y9

Opened 6th March 1901 as the Jammet Hotel, formerly the Burlington Restaurant. (advert in Dublin Evening Mail - Saturday 02 March 1901) "The only French restaurant in Dublin" - advert in Irish Times - Thursday 13 June 1901.

Proprietor(?) was Mr. Louis (or Jammet (or should that be M. Louis Jammet?), who gave evidence at the inquest of Mr. Thomas Doyle and Mrs. Elizabeth Doyle. Mr. Doyle had worked at the hotel for 12 or 13 years. (Dublin Daily Express - Tuesday 15 August 1916)

It has it's own wikipedia entry! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammet_Restaurant

Louis Jammet in the DIctionary of Irish Biography This says the proprietor was his dad Michel Jammet until 1927, when Louis took over.

The same corner www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/22001206670/in/photolist-...

Ulysses, Episode 8, Bloom was here: He crossed at Nassau street corner and stood before the window of Yeates and Son, pricing the fieldglasses. Or will I drop into old Harris's and have a chat with young Sinclair? Wellmannered fellow. Probably at his lunch. Must get those old glasses of mine set right. Goerz lenses six guineas. Germans making their way everywhere. Sell on easy terms to capture trade. Undercutting. Might chance on a pair in the railway lost property office. Astonishing the things people leave behind them in trains and cloakrooms. What do they be thinking about? Women too. Incredible. Last year travelling to Ennis had to pick up that farmer's daughter's bag and hand it to her at Limerick junction. Unclaimed money too. There's a little watch up there on the roof of the bank to test those glasses by.

In today's photo we see Yeates shop still advertising Race Glasses in the window, and further along, "old Harris's".

Streetview. The pillar box is still there.

Flickr seems to think this photo was taken on May 20th 2091. Perhaps Dublin will have been converted to a Joycean theme park by then.