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that's super interesting! she looks like a ghost!!

I think she may be The Wicked Witch of the West, rushing to catch the tram, 'cos she left her broomstick in Oz. Interesting to compare with a LOC image on flickr (ignore some idiot's remarks about Saint Patrick!) -

Was there some special anniversary or occasion for people to put out so many flags? And what's the quartered one on the left?

beachcomber australia Yeah, what an idiot! ;) Well, at least we know the trams were electrified in 1898, so circa 1900 is ok for the moment...

John Spooner There must have been, mustn't there? Never seen such an array of flags in our photos without some event or other... Naval visit perhaps?

This might help. It would appear to be for the 1903 visit and was in Leeson Street. archiseek.com/2012/1903-royal-triumphal-arch-leeson-stree...

Mike Grimes It certainly does, Mike, thanks a million! I'm presuming then that this was taken from Upper Leeson Street towards Lower Leeson Street and Stephen's Green.

Wow! these were temporary structures, here you will see a version in the exact same location for a visit in 1900. Temporary gateway erected for the visit of Queen Victoria to Dublin in 1900. A ceremonial affair, the Queen was to enter the city boundaries and be given the keys to the city by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. Described in The Irish Times as “the old city gates, a handsome representation of which is to be erected at the entrance of the municipal boundary at Leeson Street Bridge”.

COMPLAINT I have noticed that there has been a serious Anti Canidae editorial shift over the last few weeks.

A description of the preparations for the visit from Times (London) July 21st 1903. Of architectural decorations, of huge triumphal arches, and replicas of ancient buildings there are perhaps not so many as usual. Indeed, a model of the ancient city gate at Leeson-street-bridge is the only example of that kind of edifice. But behind these substantial and by no means alway satisfactory efforts every conceivable thing has been done, and done with haste. The very statues have been dressed and washed, and, as is notorious, the statues in Dublin are very fine. Nelson on a colossal pillar dominates Sackville-street or O'Connell-street - it bears both names in common parlance - and from Nelson to the houses on either side depend great strings of flags. Father Mathew, virgin white, stands behind Nelson, and at the other end of the street stands the huge statue of O'Connell, which was being carefully cleansed this morning. On either side of the roads were masts with interlacing festoons of parti-coloured rosettes and flags without number. ... O'Connell's bridge promises to be a glory in the way of illuminations, which the waters of the Liffey, in spite of their dull and malodourous nature, will reflect from their surface The visit was not without controversy - Dublin corporation refused to have anything to do with the visit. The Times (London) July 22nd 1903 the following day describing the procession itself: Above the city end of the bridge towered the simulacrum of the ancient city gate, and beyond it was a stand thronged with people. Here the welcome was prodigious, and for a moment those who saw it were reminded of Queen Victoria's State entry of 1900. But they were reminded of it in a very unpleasant fashion. Today, as then, the roar of cheers from the far side announced the coming of the royal guest some minutes before the head of the procession hove into sight. This time, as before, the welcome from the stands and the surrounding throng was grand and inspiring; but this time the formal civic welcome, the picturesque formal incident of the Sovereign to the metropolis of Ireland, was most lamentably conspicuous by its absence.

well ... the shadow is almost under the bodies so ... I'd say the time here is noon... I leave the clothing to you all ! Seems it was a bit of a windy day (observing the flags on buildings).

Well, sure we may as well have the streetview: maps.google.ie/?ll=53.339816,-6.260855&spn=0.000026,0...

Is the tram horse drawn or is it just running someone over? I don't see any wires but there's a couple of legs up the front. edit: "Discussions towards electrification began in late 1890", so it's definitely a horse.

I assume it's at the top of Grafton Street. There wouldn't be any business for the sidecars at any other corner of the green.

None of the park's corners has a rounded fence today. Also the cobbled surface and the tramways have long been gone. Ironically, there are as many carts and horses in the picture as there are nowadays. Some things never change :)