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It has been a while since we had an O'Dea image and todays is a cracker given all the changes that have taken place on that skyline since 1960. HMS Malcolm, a ship from the Royal Navy paying a courtesy visit to Dublin must have been a security nightmare for the peelers in Pearse Street?
Photographer: James P. O'Dea
Collection:James P. O'Dea
Date: September 08 1960
NLI Ref.: ODEA 22/20
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Photographer: James P. O'Dea
Collection:James P. O'Dea
Date: September 08 1960
NLI Ref.: ODEA 22/20
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
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derangedlemur
A fishery patrol vessel at the time of this photo: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Malcolm_(F88)
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8 September 1960 was a Thursday ...
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Flickr is sometimes amazing! In Norway via https://www.flickr.com/photos/kitmasterbloke/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/kitmasterbloke/50320176923/ Hello sailors! Via https://www.flickr.com/photos/sohagan/ (on the left) https://www.flickr.com/photos/sohagan/7780921506/
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All changed, changed utterly in Streetview
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Very nice done ;-)
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"... The British Navy fishery protection vessel Malcolm (1,500 tons) fla[g]ship of the R.N. Protection Squadron commanded by Captain H.H. Bracken arrived for a five day visit in Dublin Linc[o]ln and Nolan of Dublin supplied two Austin cars for the use of the officers during their stay and handed over the keys to the navy men on arrival. ..." See - irishphotoarchive.photoshelter.com/image/I0000CCQz1qIjM5g
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That building to the left is Kelly's pub at 50 Sir John Rogerson's Quay stillslibrary.rte.ie/indexplus/result.html?_IXMAXHITS_=1&...
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I wouldn't be surprised if that was the Royal Navy's first visit since Helga (later Muirchú) popped off a few rounds back in Easter 1916.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/dublincitypubliclibraries/51606819175/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ During a later courtesy visit by a French frigate a visiting group of club photographers were threatened by a pistol toting French sailor, so O'Dea was probably wise to take the shot from the safety of the other quay
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Gasometer on the 6" Cassini map from the 1930s
Niall McAuley
At least they kept the streetname "Misery Hill" for
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