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William John Lane? Per wikipedia, the Cork results in 1885 election for Parliament were: Cork City (Two members) Charles Stewart Parnell Maurice Healy County Cork East William John Lane County Cork Mid Charles Kearns Deane Tanner County Cork North James Christopher Flynn County Cork North East Edmund Leamy County Cork South J. E. Kenny County Cork South East John Hooper County Cork West James Gilhooly

Damn you, Niall McAuley! You beat me to the draw.

Or William Shaw? In 1880 we find: Cork (Two members) John Daly Charles Stewart Parnell County Cork (Two members) William Shaw David la Touche Colthurst

Carol Maddock William Elder or Younger?

Lane was born in 1849, 12 years older then William Redmond. Shaw was born in 1823, and would have been 70ish, so it must be Lane.

There was a protest on October 17th 1909 which fits the bill. Fermanagh Herald - Saturday 23 October 1909:

A demonstration organised by the British Social Democratic Federation, in co-operation with the Labour Party, Fabian Society, and other organisations, was held in Trafalgar Square, London, on Sunday afternoon, to protest against the execution of Senor Ferrer, and was attended by between nine thousand and ten thousand people.

John Spooner That's some crowd. Will the newspapers be our friend in uncovering Francisco Ferrer's alleged wrongdoing?

Date fairly securely established as 17 October 1909 then, thank you, and the postcard was sent on 10 September 1910.

Methinks the protest was a bit late.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ferrer

Francisco Ferrer was a Spanish radical freethinker, anarchist, and educationist behind a network of secular, private, libertarian schools in and around Barcelona. His execution, following a revolt in Barcelona, propelled Ferrer into martyrdom and grew an international movement of radicals and libertarians, who established schools in his model and promoted his schooling approach.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Ferrer

The protest in Trafalgar Square was mild in comparison with what went on in Italy. It was "in the throes of a general strike" in protest against the "inquisitorial Spanish government", the Spanish consuls in Milan, Carrara and Florence resigned, and "immense bodies of soldiery" were guarding the Vatican day and night. (Daily Chronicle).,

It seems that the 'secular' aspect of Ferrer's teachings were seen as a threat to certain parts of the Spanish establishment.

Might be this place.Rathmoylan House. It's the only substantial building in the Rathmoylan townland maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,665954,599294,7,9

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O Mac That or Cliff Lodge.

Or actually here: maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,661953,598571,7,9 www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_... Nine outhouses! Madness, I say.

derangedlemur The building above has a leanto which is not evident in your last OSI link. But Yes, Rathmoylan is not only a townland it's also a DED which widens the scope.

Irish Labour Party and Trades Union Congress

Did Poole do nothing but hang around outside that hotel with a camera photgraphing random mobs of suits?

7/34 clean shaven. Which proves nothing except that tastes change!

From the Irish Examiner on Tuesday, 6 August 1918...

The twenty-fourth annual Irish Trades Union Congress was opened in the City Hall, Waterford, yesterday, under most encouraging and happy circumstances. There was a very large and representative attendance, about 240 delegates from every part of the country being present. The spacious hall was filled to its utmost capacity, and the proceedings were characterised by unanimity and enthusiasm. A civic welcome was extended to the delegates by Councillor Ml. Kirwan, locum tenens for the Mayor, who was absent owing to illness, and local speakers also extended greetings to the delegates. The Congress will occupy three days.

beachcomber australia Looks like nine to me.