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photograph / Drumcondra and Phibsborough, 1921

(Cashman 119) War of Independence. Photograph of motor-car being searched by the British Military in 1921. (These 4 pictures (116-119) were taken in the Drumcondra and Phibsborough areas, Dublin).

 

rifle / Phibsborough, 1916

Rifle, Italian Vettereli type, dug up from a ditch at Phibsborough, Dublin. Italian Vetterelis were landed at Larne by the Ulster Volunteers in 1914. "1916" cut into the the wood of the butt. Very rusted and degraded from exposure to moisture in ditch. this was likely abandoned by the Volunteers...