willieredmond

Have a look at Willie Redmond's last days at the Battle of Messines in a graphic novel (comic to you and me) from Creative Centenaries, that we've been featuring at our WWIreland exhibition. Willie was killed in June 1917. There seem to be a few photos of him in the Poole Collection dated March 1918. Perhaps they were earlier ones taken in the Poole Studio that were reproduced in March because John Redmond (Willie's brother) died in March 1918?

Carol Maddock Wikipedia has William Redmond (1886–1932) When his father died in March 1918, William Archer Redmond resigned his Tyrone seat and successfully defended his father's seat of Waterford at the subsequent by-election. Famously he campaigned in his army uniform and wearing a black armband. catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000720859

Congratulation for your beautiful Album.

7 out of 8 with moustaches ...

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Willie was this William's uncle - confusing! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Redmond en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Redmond_(1886%E2%80%931932) Ed. And John Redmond was this William's father (died 6 March 1918) - see black armband note. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Redmond

Bagpipes rather than uilleann pipes. They're not trad musicians, so, but they look like a Dublin crowd anyway.

On the way back to the station, maybe? maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,534088,677055,11,9 Or out by Westbourne? www.google.ie/maps/@52.8476561,-8.9889814,3a,75y,27.8h,83...

Based on a tweet by the Clare Herald, it's the East Clare by-election of 1917. So around the same time as:

Looks familiar...


The only comment there was from some dude who said :
Perhaps the 1917 Clare bye-election, won by De Valera for Sinn Féin?

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