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From Flickr: “Standing still for history” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Another Hogan-Wilson photo today, with a group of Free State soldiers and civilians posing to record history in the making. Almost certainly taken during the Irish Civil War, the chicken wire on the doors and windows behind them was intended to deflect grenades thrown by passing irregulars! Today is the Read More →

From Flickr: “Standing still for history” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Another Hogan-Wilson photo today, with a group of Free State soldiers and civilians posing to record history in the making. Almost certainly taken during the Irish Civil War, the chicken wire on the doors and windows behind them was intended to deflect grenades thrown by passing irregulars! Today is the Read More →

From Flickr: “Standing still for history” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Another Hogan-Wilson photo today, with a group of Free State soldiers and civilians posing to record history in the making. Almost certainly taken during the Irish Civil War, the chicken wire on the doors and windows behind them was intended to deflect grenades thrown by passing irregulars! Today is the Read More →

From Flickr: “Standing still for history” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Another Hogan-Wilson photo today, with a group of Free State soldiers and civilians posing to record history in the making. Almost certainly taken during the Irish Civil War, the chicken wire on the doors and windows behind them was intended to deflect grenades thrown by passing irregulars! Today is the Read More →

From Flickr: “Standing still for history” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Another Hogan-Wilson photo today, with a group of Free State soldiers and civilians posing to record history in the making. Almost certainly taken during the Irish Civil War, the chicken wire on the doors and windows behind them was intended to deflect grenades thrown by passing irregulars! Today is the Read More →

From Flickr: “R.I.C. military and armoured car leaving Limerick on a scouting expedition” by National Library of Ireland on The Commons

Photographer: W. D. Hogan Collection: Hogan-Wilson Collection , Date: ca.1920 NLI Ref.: HOG147 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/u6HiXN

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