Old B&W Photos Of Dublin - Part 1

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Photo from O'Connell Bridhge -- rebuilding after the Easter Rebellion.

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On Wednesday of Easter Week 1916. The gunboat Helga a grey fisheries patrol boat sailed up the river Liffey and tied up on the south quays opposite the Custom House. Her duty was to shell Liberty Hall, thinking it was a rebel stronghold.

In 1923 the Helga was purchased by the Irish Free State and renamed Muirchú (Irish: Hound of the Sea) The Helga was sunk off the Wexford coast by the state in 1947. Local divers retrieved the wheel from the wreck and can now be seen in Kehoes Pub in Kilmore Quay.

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A few old cinemas coming up...


The Adelphi

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The oul Carlton. My first 'grown up' picture house where for the first time I was allowed to go to the pictures after dark. I even remember the name of the movie was "Timeslip".

Can't remember what it was about but it frightened the bejiziz outta me.

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Not a very good picture of the Capitol. I loved that picture house... especially if I were sitting up in the gods.

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The Broadway in Manor Street.

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The Green.

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The Whitehall Grand

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More later maybe.

Here's some ads to fill in the time.

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Joseph Plunkett and Grace Gifford's marriage cert.

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Has anyone ever heard of "Billy King's fields" in Dublin ?

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few oldies

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British intelligence advising informers how to pass on information on the IRA, during the War of Independence.

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A 1916 Special Branch report spying on Republicans in County Tyrone.

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A memorial card to Commandant Sean Treacy (IRA)

Seán Treacy was one of the leaders of the Third Tipperary Brigade of the Irish Republican Army. During the War of Independence. He was killed in a shootout with British Secret Service in Talbot Street in October 1920. There is a commemorative plaque to him in Talbot Street near to where he was shot.
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