Old B&W Photos Of Dublin - Part 1

[Rashers]

Dublin Bird Market 1940.

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Mrs. B.Slater, receives a medal from Eamon deValera on behalf of her deceased husband in Collin's Barracks 1940. Who else can you recognize in the pic ?.

[spudseamus]

Heir Hitler !

[Sharkface]

Heir Hitler !

Well spotted, its amazing he found the time to visit with his busy schedule.
Also noted Dev gets a mat to stand on in case his feet might get damp.
The poor cratur.

[nansson]

You'd think yer man'd switch off the mobile phone,,,,

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Heir Hitler !

Nearly lol......cogs will know. In fact I'm banking on him naming three at least.

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Well spotted, its amazing he found the time to visit with his busy schedule.
Also noted Dev gets a mat to stand on in case his feet might get damp.
The poor cratur.

That's te absorb the damp from behind his ears.

[quinner]

That's te absorb the damp from behind his ears.

it's to hide under.....

[Auld Decency]

I'd say that might be Frank Aiken impersonating Hitler!

[Sharkface]

I'd say that might be Frank Aiken impersonating Hitler!

Or else its hitler impersonating Aiken

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

I'd say that might be Frank Aiken impersonating Hitler!

Frank Aiken was born in Armagh in 1898. He was politically and militarily active from a young age, joining the Irish Volunteers at sixteen, and within a few years becoming Chairman of the Armagh Comhairle Ceanntair of Sinn Féin and elected onto Armagh County Council. During the War of Independence, he commanded the Fourth Northern Division of the IRA. The split over the Anglo-Irish Treaty left Aiken ultimately aligned with the Anti-Treaty side in spite of personal efforts to prevent division and civil war. He succeeded Liam Lynch as Chief of Staff of the IRA in March 1923 and issued the cease fire and dump arms orders on 24 May 1923 that effectively ended the Civil War.

He was first elected to the Dáil as a Sinn Féin candidate in the Louth constituency in 1923, continuing to be re-elected for Fianna Fáil at every election until his retirement from politics fifty years later. He entered the first Fianna Fáil government as Minister for Defence (1932–9), later becoming Minister for the Coordination of Defensive Measures (1939–45) with responsibility for overseeing Ireland’s national defence and neutral position during the Second World War.

[Rashers]

I think this is the 1936 Easter Parade.

[rosebud]

that a great photo rashers.

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Another.....but what year and what occasion ?. Easy one.

[tommie]

Another.....but what year and what occasion ?. Easy one.

Looks like 1.26pm sometime