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Sir Edward Carson inspects a Browning Machine gun mounted on a motor car while members of the original UVF stand on parade. It is striking to see the machine gun mounted thus when we have become familiar with the images of military vehicles all over the world and especially in Africa seemingly festooned with such weapons! Sadly many of those who stood to attention in the background went on to die in the blood, mud and gore of the Somme just a few years later!
Photographer: W. D. Hogan
Collection: Hogan Wilson Collection
Date: Not dated but circa 1913 - 1914
NLI Ref.: HOG240
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Photographer: W. D. Hogan
Collection: Hogan Wilson Collection
Date: Not dated but circa 1913 - 1914
NLI Ref.: HOG240
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Model T Ford ?
suckindeesel
“Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme”
suckindeesel
[https://flic.kr/p/2oxUEd6] The Colt Browning “potato digger” in action youtu.be/DscmvYA_YXY
ɹǝqɯoɔɥɔɐǝq
Looks like a 1914 Model T. Later years seem to have had rounded rear mudguards, 'tho I am not an expert. Via https://www.flickr.com/photos/28464546@N05/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/28464546@N05/28281389443/
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The Model T monument to a motoring legend [https://flic.kr/p/2g39tNK] via Tom Kennedy maps.app.goo.gl/c5gpjDJ3Tgvw6HYX9?g_st=ic
O Mac
Would be known as a "technical" nowadays. or a NSTV a non standard tactical vehicle. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_(vehicle)
suckindeesel
"We must proclaim today clearly that come what will and be the consequences what they may, we in Ulster will tolerate no Sinn Féin – no Sinn Féin organisation, no Sinn Féin methods… And these are not mere words. I hate words without action." - Edward Carson Some historical background irishvolunteers.org/ulster-volunteer-force-u-v-f/ www.irishnews.com/arts/2020/07/15/news/the-eruption-of-se... Obviously a UVF rally, but where and when?
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September 1913 at Tynan Abbey? Via Trove - trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204801020?searchTerm=c... trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108166817?searchTerm=c... (fixed!)
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Kiss the King's boots or appreciate there is the other side's perspective who believe in their hearts a united Ireland was/is worth fighting for.
Niall McAuley
In [https://www.flickr.com/photos/184711311@N04] 3/4s view, the reg looks like IA 435, which in 1914-15 was registered to Frank E. Cradock, Motor Garage, Larne. Mr. Cradock in the 1911 census. The IAs in that issue of the motorists handbook went up to 850, so the car was surely pre 1913, probably pre 1910.
Niall McAuley
[https://www.flickr.com/photos/184711311@N04]'s pic is included in this article captioned Ulster Volunteers in training 1914. The article suggests the weapons were part of the Larne gunrunning of April 1914.
Niall McAuley
Aha! Digital film archive link At Drumalis House, Larne Sir Edward Carson watches a machine gun drill and presents colours at Drumalis, Larne. This fascinating newsreel depicts events around the infamous Larne gun-running episode. This was a major operation that took place on the night of 24 April, 1914. Here we see Ulster Volunteers demonstrate their freshly-smuggled bounty, one man proudly displaying a machine gun mounted in the back of a motorcar. A detachment of men with rifles and ammunition belts drill in a field. At the close, Edward Carson presents colours in front of a large gathering. Drumalis House in Larne was central to the attempt to bring guns to ‘Carson’s army’, the Ulster Volunteer Force. The operation involved the smuggling of almost 25,000 rifles from the German Empire, with the shipments landing in Larne, Donaghadee, and Bangor in the early hours between Friday 24 and Saturday 25 April 1914. In its scale and ambition, the Larne gun-running represented the high-point of the Ulster Volunteer Force's activities and is notable as perhaps the first time in history that motor-vehicles were used "on a large scale for a military-purpose, and with striking success". This film was digitised as part of the BFI's Unlocking Film Heritage project.
Niall McAuley
A report on the landing of the arms from the Belfast Telegraph says the UVF assembled at Drumalis before taking over the harbour.
Niall McAuley
Here is a postcard for sale link (probably transient!) called Central Antrim Regiment, Review by Sir Edward Carson, at Drumalis, of the 3 battalions, 11th July 1914
Niall McAuley
Night Droneview of the house and grounds June 2022.
Niall McAuley
On Twitter I see a colourized version of today's shot labelled Maxim gun mounted on a motor car at Drumalis, Larne, where Sir Edward Carson delivered an important speech. July 11, 1914
Niall McAuley
Carson said in Larne in July. 1914 that the events of the gunrunning night would live long after he and those around him had passed away. He was correct. A century later the events of that April night and their legacy are still remembered.
Niall McAuley
I am inclined to think that this is July rather than immediately after unloading the guns in April.
Niall McAuley
A commemorative mural of the gunrunning ship in Greenland Drive, Larne in Streetview
KestrelSprite
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32162360@N00/ Inthink so - the general appearance is right and I think I can see transverse leaf suspension front and rear - very much Henry Ford’s design characteristic.
KestrelSprite
https://www.flickr.com/photos/30369211@N00/ I agree with another commentator that this is a Colt-Browning “potato masher” machine gun. Happy to be corrected.
Niall McAuley
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kestrelsprite I agree - I think the copy floating around labelled Maxim gun is incorrect.