The peacemakers: George Gavan Duffy, Erskine Childers, Robert Barton and Arthur Griffith in a group
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When: 01 December 1921
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From buildings, monuments and bridges to bridge builders today. Some of the negotiating team sent to London to broker peace with the British Government. That date looks all wrong?
The date was indeed wrong! Arthur Griffith had passed away by the stated date (9 December 1922). Late in the day Niall McAuley seems to have solved the problem by linking us to the a site which states that the correct date is December 1921. The photo was more than likely taken during the return trip from London - after signing the Anglo Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921.
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Photographer: W. D. Hogan
Collection: Hogan Wilson Collection
Date: December 1921
NLI Ref.: HOG3
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The date was indeed wrong! Arthur Griffith had passed away by the stated date (9 December 1922). Late in the day Niall McAuley seems to have solved the problem by linking us to the a site which states that the correct date is December 1921. The photo was more than likely taken during the return trip from London - after signing the Anglo Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921.
Thank you for all the contributions.
Photographer: W. D. Hogan
Collection: Hogan Wilson Collection
Date: December 1921
NLI Ref.: HOG3
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Negotiations closed by the signing of the treaty at 2:20am on the 6th December 1921
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Seoirse Gabhán Ó Dubhthaigh; 21 October 1882 – 10 June 1951 Hmmm, appears to be early to mid 40s. Also of import to consider, President of Dail Eireann, Arthur Griffith died, 12 August 1922. The date of the photo is improbable, based on that. God bless Ireland. Brexit may offer the best opportunity for reunification with the northern six counties.
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
The window frames and those overhead "protuberances" are suggestive of a ship setting. Perhaps the mail boat departing or arriving.
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
The policemans helmet may betray which side of the pond.
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
On mature reflection, I'm now inclined towards a railway setting. Didn't they directly board a train on arrival home at Carlisle Pier?
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
Here they are arriving home in December 1921 [catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000355607] Sce: HOGW 78
derangedlemur
https://www.flickr.com/photos/91590691@N05 They're standing beside a train, alright.
Niall McAuley
An image search finds this shot at irishistory.blogspot.co.uk dated 9th December 1921.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/9038595213/stats/ What a shame Clery's is no more. A big loss to the City of Dublin. All that aside this is another personal favorite which I have adding it to our 100,000+ views album, our 16th entry. Check out our most viewed photos below. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland/sets/72157651599255125
ofarrl
Judging by the policeman's helmet I would say this was taken in London, most likely at Euston Station. The policeman is definitely not D.M.P. or R.I.C.. Some footage of the delegation arriving in London www.britishpathe.com/video/irish-peace-congress-and-deleg...
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Great one
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
https://www.flickr.com/photos/33577523@N08 That looks like DMP to me. Those helmets out-lived Independence.
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
"In 1922 the Royal Irish Constabulary was disbanded and the Civic Guard was established. The Civic Guard was later renamed the Garda Síochána and in 1925 the Dublin Metropolitan Police merged with the new police force." [www.policehistory.com/garda.html]
ofarrl
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/91590691@N05/] The police helmet above looks like it has a Brunswick Star on the helmet plate, something that was not used in the D.M.P. or R.I.C. emblems. Also the D.M.P. helmets had very distinctive white metal or silver trim with a ball tipped spike on top. You can see some later post independence examples here
ofarrl
The delegation arrived back in Dublin on Thursday morning 8th of December, so the photo above was taken either on the evening of the 7th or the morning of the 8th.
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Thanks all - For now I've vagueified* the date somewhat (to December 1921). I'm not yet brave enough to map the photo to a UK train station though :) (* Yes it's a word. Or, at least, I'm sure I saw it in at least one book here at Library Towers....)
Dr. Ilia
Intriguing
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
Heres another example - from UCD digital Archive - "Photographs of crowd scenes in College Green, being controlled by police as Sean Lemass and Frank Aiken pass through the streets." It also purports to be 1931 (same Sweepstake gig?) but whatever the year, the extended silver "topping" on the helmets is obvious. That and the night time scene means I defer to Paul O'Farrell's admirable analysis on this. [digital.ucd.ie/view-media/ivrla:31214/multi#a6db03e7-7499...] (apologies - havent figured out in-line photos yet)
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The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty gave rise to the Irish Civil War, and in the year 1922, the two main signatories of the treaty (Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins) died. Griffith died of heart failure linked to exhaustion, and ten days after that Collins was ambushed and killed by anti-treaty republicans in Beal na Blath.