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In this lovely if damaged glass plate, from the Clarke Collection, a member of the Dublin Metropolitan Police appears to have at least one prisoner on their way to the station. In the background some onlookers are watching the action!
While there is perhaps a perfectly innocent explanation for what (we think) is captured here, the "snatched" nature of the shot suggests that Clarke was quickly trying to capture something fleeting. And hence that there is something more to this than just three people walking nonchalantly down Eden Quay. Whether with prisoner(s) in tow or not, our resident law-enforcement expert tells is that this peeler (collar number C22) was likely attached to Store Steet station. And likely on his way back there....
Photographers: J. J. Clarke
Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1897-1904? Possibly after 1902 (helmet badge)
NLI Ref: CLAR73
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While there is perhaps a perfectly innocent explanation for what (we think) is captured here, the "snatched" nature of the shot suggests that Clarke was quickly trying to capture something fleeting. And hence that there is something more to this than just three people walking nonchalantly down Eden Quay. Whether with prisoner(s) in tow or not, our resident law-enforcement expert tells is that this peeler (collar number C22) was likely attached to Store Steet station. And likely on his way back there....
Photographers: J. J. Clarke
Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection
Date: Catalogue range c.1897-1904? Possibly after 1902 (helmet badge)
NLI Ref: CLAR73
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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Owner: National Library of Ireland on The CommonsSource: Flickr Commons
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ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Streetview - goo.gl/maps/TdcCegtg9mt
Foxglove
either the "prisoner" is not very tall or the policeman must be 2m+
abandoned railways
They could be in a relationship, a la Monty Python sketch.
John Spooner
The Seamens Mission and Sailors' Reading Room at 13 Eden Quay was opened on Friday July 20th 1888, at 3:00 pm. In September the Dublin Daily Express reported:
(Dublin Daily Express - Saturday 15 September 1888)abandoned railways
The Helmet Plate was used from 1902 to 1922. No laurels were used in Victoria's time.
John Spooner
The entry from the Seamen's Handbook (Boston, Mass, 1920)
John A. Coffey
" I am taking you to Store Street"
Frank_C
Street numbers must have changed, as the equivalent building is now 15-17 Eden Quay
abandoned railways
The boy appears embarrassed, head lowered, maybe he is involved.
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
That crack in the pavement has me worried.
Dún Laoghaire Micheál
The Port of Dublin Society for the Religious Instruction of Seamen was founded in 1822. In 1864 it was soliciting contributions; one of the named collectors was one H.A.Cowper, 13 Eden Quay.
abandoned railways
They had numbers on the lapel. So 622.
Swordscookie
https://www.flickr.com/photos/abandonedrailsireland No Fred, the peeler was from the "C" District which consisted of Store Street, the Headquarters of the District, Fitzgibbon St. and the North Wall so he would have been C22. The nearest station would have been Store Street so that is where they were heading. The DMP and later the DMG were not given a personal issue of handcuffs and so the peeler has his prisoner held by the wrist. You will also note that he is wearing his "duty" band on his left cuff indicating that he was on duty.
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at time behind bars.
gorfeye
What’s in his left hand ? A key !!
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Thanks all. Including to https://www.flickr.com/photos/swordscookie as resident law-enforcement expert. I have updated the description/etc to summarise the inputs. And, while not a bobby or a brief myself (and though the statue of limitations is likely long since lapsed), I've given ourselves an "out" - in case we're just seeing three unconnected people who just happen to be walking in the same direction :)