This is the procession for James MacNeill, newly sworn in Governor General of the Irish Free State. Our catalogue had this as Westmoreland Street, Dublin, but following discussion here, we're now sure that this is actually the head of the procession on O'Connell Street, having just passed over O'Connell Bridge, with Westmoreland Street in the distance back over the bridge .
This coverage from Thursday 2 February's Irish Independent outlines the ceremonial sequence:
"Mr. James MacNeill was, yesterday, installed as Governor-General of the Saorstat in succession to Mr. T. M. Healy. The ceremony, which was dignified and impressive, took place at Leinster House in the presence of a distinguished gathering. The new Governor-General was sworn in by the Chief Justice, and after the ceremony he laid a wreath on the Griffith-Collins cenotaph in Leinster Lawn. His Excellency, accompanied by a cavalry escort, was then driven through the city to his official residence in the Phoenix Park."
In typical fashion (if you'll pardon the pun), the Irish Independent writer dismisses Mr. MacNeill's attire with two words: "morning dress", but we are treated to great detail on Mrs. MacNeill, who "wore a clipped lamb coat trimmed with fox fur and a brown felt hat to match the fur. Her dress was also brown, trimmed at the neck with soft yellow, and she wore shooes and stockings to match the dress."
The MacNeills had been staying at the Shelbourne Hotel and they left at 10.45 to drive to Leinster House. It must have been a very swift ceremony, as the Chief Justice administered the Oath at 11; they were crossing O'Connell Bridge at 11.28 (according to the clock in this photo) and the Irish Independent said they reached the Vice-Regal Lodge at 12.10.
Date: Wednesday, 1 February 1928
NLI Ref.: INDH823
Tags: Procession James MacNeill Governor General Saorstát Irish Free State Dentist Kapp & Peterson Civility Crowds Cavalry O'Connell Bridge Westmoreland Street Cobblestones Tram Rails Ironmonger YI 7894 Dublin Ireland Leinster Wednesday February 1928 Independent Newspapers Collection Horses River Liffey Clock Trams AA National Library of Ireland
Three generations of a family pose beside their "home" at Alexander Street, Waterford. A Mrs E. White paid A.H. Poole photographers to take this photo. There is a lot of information below on Mrs White's Council activities, and thanks to ofarrl, we also now know that she was married to Dr. Vincent White, first Sinn Féin mayor of Waterford in 1920.
Date: Saturday, 2 February 1924
NLI Ref.: POOLEWP 3148
Tags: Family Tent Canvas Burlap Sacks Poverty Homeless Grandmother Mother Father Children Shawl Boots Caps Smiling Derelict Rubbish Mud Alexander Street Ireland Munster A.H. Poole Arthur Henri Poole Glass Negative 99% Waterford National Library of Ireland destitute Portrait Poole Photographic Collection
A group of farriers in action at the Cavalry Barracks in Waterford. One of them may be a Sergeant Murray.
Date: Wednesday, 3 February 1909
NLI Ref.: P_WP_1881
Tags: Farriers Cavalry Barracks Anvil Hammers Horseshoes Shoeing Picks Horses Aprons Moustaches Cobblestones Pipe Soldiers Barrack Street Ireland Munster A.H. Poole Arthur Henri Poole Glass Negative horse equus animal animals men man people Cavalry Barracks Sergeant Murray Sgt. Murray farrier sergeant Shoeing Smith Farriery Waterford National Library of Ireland Royal Field Artillery RFA Artillery Poole Photographic Collection shoeing blacksmith Gobha
Studio portrait of Mr Foley of Ferrybank, Waterford.
Thanks to input from John Spooner, blackpoolbeach and ofarrl, we believe this is William Canice Foley who was a teacher. W.C. Foley was, as ofarrl found out: "... the grandfather of Irish Times Journalist and author Donal Foley whose father Dan was also a teacher."
Date: Saturday, 4 February 1905
NLI Ref.: P_WP_1442
Tags: Foley Ferrybank Ireland Munster Portrait Chair Suit Beard Handkerchief A.H. Poole Arthur Henri Poole Glass Negative William Canice Foley William Foley W.C. Foley Teacher Saturday 4 February 1905 1900s empty chair Watch Chains Waterford National Library of Ireland Poole Photographic Collection
This is the sizeable Maloney family of Newtown, Waterford. This isn't the photo that Mr Maloney liked best of the ones taken that day, but I chose it because it's smilier (technical term).
Date: Monday, 5 February 1906
NLI Ref.: P_WP_1536
Tags: Maloney Family Newtown Ireland Munster Mother Father Sons Daughters Sisters Brothers Lace Locket Smocking A.H. Poole Arthur Henri Poole Glass Negative Waterford National Library of Ireland Poole Photographic Collection