Historical Photos

[Rashers]

Lets see how this works.

We have a thread of old photos of Dublin and for other photos too. This thread is where we could upload historical photos of which there must be many.... 1916 Rebellion, before during and aftermath. Photos from the War of Independence, the Civil War, again before during and after. And photos from the Lockout of 1913... etc.

Let's see how it goes.

To start off here's a fine photo which was taken just before the slaughter at Mount Street bridge. Many of the British soldiers you see in this photo were soon to be killed or injured during that famous battle during the 1916 Rebellion.

[KatieMorag]

Great idea for a thread Rashers........

[cogito]

Lets see how this works.

We have a thread of old photos of Dublin and for other photos too. This thread is where we could upload historical photos of which there must be many.... 1916 Rebellion, before during and aftermath. Photos from the War of Independence, the Civil War, again before during and after. And photos from the Lockout of 1913... etc.

Let's see how it goes.

To start off here's a fine photo which was taken just before the slaughter at Mount Street bridge. Many of the British soldiers you see in this photo were soon to be killed or injured during that famous battle during the 1916 Rebellion.

Interesting photo, have never seen it before - it looks to have been taken in the region of the bridge too. They were Sherwood Foresters - very young and never having seen action - they ended up in Dun Laoghaire instead of France and given orders to march to their barracks in Dublin....

[nansson]

Good idea Jim

[cosmo]

moore st 1916.

rebels position 1916 moore st.

original cobblestones moore lane.

british firing up moore st 1916.

credits to north city project and facebook.

[cosmo]

sean healy, the youngest volunteer [fianna eireann] killed at easter 1916.

his last words were " god save the volunteers".. 15 yrs old.

[Rashers]

Great pics there cosmo. I like the merge of the old and new of Moore St. That would be the barricade that The O'Rahilly attacked and was fatally shot, and its also the barricade to which Winifred Carney accompanied Padraig Pearse to surrender to Gen. Lowe.

Here the Certificate of Execution of John McBride.

[cosmo]

wounded soldier, temple bar 1920???

[Rashers]

On the morning of the 21st of November 1920, Michael Collins engineered a series of simultaneous assassination, which were carried out by the Squad.

The main targets were undercover British Intelligence Agents known as the Cairo Gang who were sent to Dublin during the Irish War of Independence to conduct intelligence operations against prominent members of the Irish Republican Army.

Twelve people including British Army officers, RIC officers and a civilian informant were assassinated. The image below shows 11 of those that died immediately, the 12th died later from his wounds. These were the first deaths of the 1920 Bloody Sunday. British reprisals would soon follow.

[jembo]

The battle for the South Dublin Union
Pictures of Buildings

http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/great-war-on-land/other-war-theatres/2568-the-battle-for-the-south-dublin-union-1916.html

[jembo]

One from the British Side


G005 An historically important 1916 Ireland Easter risings Military Cross GV, British War & Victory Medal group to Captain Reginald Basil Brace, 2/6th Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment, a Schoolmaster originally from New Whittington, Chesterfield. Brace served in Dublin during the Easter Risings, manning a barricade with 80 men opposite the General Post Office. Breaking up a strong enemy attack and setting fire to an IRA barricade, he also rescued Lieutenant Chalmers and a small party taken hostage, running the gauntlet of two fires. Later serving in France, Brace was awarded the MC in 1918, wounded and taken POW during the March 1918 offensive, he was repatriated in December 1918.

http://www.jcollinsmedals.co.uk/pages/Archive.shtml

Military Cross GV
Unnamed as awarded

British War & Victory Medals

Capt R B Brace

With copy Medal Index Card, service record, London Gazette entry & header for MC, details of the Easter Rising mentioning Brace from various publications etc.

Reginald Basil Brace was born in New Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire 25 March 1890. Educated at the Grammar School, Chesterfield and Isleworth College he was a Schoolmaster residing at 38 Grove Lane, Stamford Hill, London when he attested for the 6th London Regiment as a Private soldier 5 September 1914. Brace was appointed Lance Corporal 28 November 1914 and promoted Corporal 26 June 1915 whilst serving at Home and was commissioned 2/Lieutenant 18 November 1915 into the 2/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters. The 2/6th Battalion were formed at Chesterfield 14 September 1914 they were mobilised and sent to Dublin 26 April 1916 during the Easter risings.

http://www.jcollinsmedals.co.uk/pages/Archive.shtml

[Rashers]

The Lockout, the great industrial dispute of 1913.

On August 31, the Dublin Metropolitan Police and RIC baton-charged a crowd on O’Connell Street, Dublin, who were gathered to hear a speech by the fiery trade union leader Jim Larkin.

Most of those injured were not in fact trade unionists, who were at a rally elsewhere in the city, but mere bystanders –showing how indiscriminate the police action was.

[jembo]

Carney Maria Winifred (Winnie) Born 4th December 1887 died 21st of November 1943. Born in Bangor County Down. Was a Suffragette and trade unionist. Served throughout Easter Week in the G.P.O. and was the first woman to enter the building with the Rebels on Easter Monday. She was secretary for James Connolly and was said to have entered the G.P.O. with a typewriter in one hand and a Webley Revolver in the other. After the surrender she was detained in Kilmainham Jail and then in Aylesbury Prison. She was released in December 1916.

Carney stood for Parliament as a Sinn Féin candidate for Belfast Victoria in the 1918 General Election. She polled 4.05% of the vote, losing to the Labour Unionists. In 1924 she joined the Labour Party. In 1928 she married George McBride, a Protestant Orangeman and former member of the Ulster Volunteers. She was also a member of the Irish Volunteers. McBride was however a fellow socialist. She continued to be involved in the trade union movement, working for the Irish Transport and General Workers' Union. Ill health limited her political activities in her later years. She is buried in Milltown Cemetery.

http://irishmedals.org/gpage.html

[wscompton]

Dublin Group about 1915

Family photo taken about 1915 in Dublin. Can anyone identify the people or the uniforms? Several sporting Fainne pins.

[cogito]

Family photo taken about 1915 in Dublin. Can anyone identify the people or the uniforms? Several sporting Fainne pins.

The tunics indicate membership of Fianna Éireann... youth section of the Volunteers.