tuesday

9 April 1907 was a Tuesday ...

The NLI, Mr Robert French, and the Lawrence Collection are always amazing! Here is Mr Draper's shop at 5 O'Connell Street, Dungarvan ...
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000338581 (Cabinet plate)
catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000320356 (Royal plate)

Can anyone see Mr Draper in the street ?

Street view

maps.app.goo.gl/bN6aqFi3RPUubemd9?g_st=ac

5 O'Connell Street, Dungarvan is now "Rich Rags Boutique" - maps.app.goo.gl/Kb3CqWGSvMiYDx9R8

Ed. - Snap @ Mike Grimes !

Thomas, age 37, cattle dealer, in the 1901

www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?searchM...

“Abstract
While the participation of Irishmen in the Great War has prompted much scholarship, the
commemoration of their involvement – and in particular how Irish journalism reported and
interpreted such commemorations – has been less examined. This article argues that the
journalism surrounding the annual Armistice Day commemoration was a central factor in the
battle for power in independent Ireland. It finds that the annual commemoration played a
major part in the identity politics of the Irish Free State and that this was greatly intensified
by journalistic argument about the motives of those who had fought in the Great War, what
that war meant in relation to the freedom of small nations, and how best to commemorate
those who had died. It also finds that while such journalistic argument helped engender an
air of stigma about Irish involvement in the Great War, later journalistic arguments played a
key role in removing that stigma”

doras.dcu.ie/24043/1/Whose War Was It Anyway.pdf

doras.dcu.ie/24043/1/Whose%20War%20Was%20It%20Anyway.pdf

Armistice anniversaries 1926

youtu.be/Q7NaTcxTiAU?si=q80g8fPzcPfVnMyM

Funny/peculiar 'a's and 'e's in that script ...

The lads in the back of the truck seem to be enjoying themselves all the same.

Try as I might, I've found no press reports of Sinn Fein MPs being arrested on Armistice Day 1926.

“The O'Connell Monument was unveiled to the public on 15 August 1882, on the centenary of the Volunteer Movement and the occasion of the Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition in the Rotunda Gardens. On the same occasion the newly-widened Carlisle Bridge was renamed O'Connell Bridge in honour of its main focal point”

www.buildingsofireland.ie

The winged figures below the frieze, added later in 1883, represent Patriotism (holding a sword and shield), Fidelity (with an Irish Wolfhound), Eloquence (holding a book) and Justice (with a serpent).

The Key Symbolic Entities of the frieze
The Maid of Erin (Ireland): Positioned front and center facing south, this allegorical female figure represents the nation. She is depicted trampling on broken shackles to symbolize national liberty. With one hand, she points up to O'Connell as her liberator; in her other hand, she holds the physical document of the 1829 Act of Catholic Emancipation.
The Catholic Church: Represented by a bishop holding a crosier alongside members of the clergy. This acknowledges the foundational support of the Church in O'Connell's historic mobilization of the rural Catholic population.
The Professions and Civic Leaders: This group includes figures such as a bewigged lawyer, doctors, and civic leaders. This underscores O'Connell's own professional background as an elite barrister and his election as the first Catholic Lord Mayor of Dublin.
The Arts and Sciences: Symbolized by poets, historians, and scholars, demonstrating how the national cultural revival was intimately tied to his political campaigns.
The Trades and Industry: Portrayed by physical laborers, urban craftsmen, and merchants. They represent the emerging urban working class that powered the civic life of the capital.
The Peasantry: Depicted as rural agricultural workers carrying farm tools (such as hoes or scythes). This symbolizes the masses from provincial Ireland who formed the backbone of the "Catholic Association" and the monster political rallies.

Read All Abou It !
Via Trove, an extremely wordy description of the events - trove.nla.gov.au

A relevant excerpt (page 6, col. 1)
"... When the monument was reached, at a quarter to one o'clock precisely, the Lord Mayor proceeded to perform the formal ceremony of unveiling the statue. His lordship drew the cord, and revealed to the people the magnificent proportions of Foley's masterpiece. At this moment a bright gleam of sunshine burst forth and fell upon the noble figure. Cheer after cheer was raised, and loud expressions of admiration were heard on all sides ..."

15 August 1882 was a Tuesday ...