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| Keywords: easter rising easterrising easter 1916 easter1916 the rising therising mount street bridge mountstreetbridge grand canal grandcanal st. stephen's schools ststephensschools school estate cottages estatecottages northumberland road northumberlandroad percy place percyplace ballsbridge dublin ireland leinster british soldiers britishsoldiers soldiers uniforms rifles lifebelt car trunk ri 2987 ri2987 cobblestones tram tracks tramtracks running board runningboard searches martial law martiallaw may 1916 1910s rebellion independent newspapers collection independentnewspaperscollection warrington place warringtonplace pattern 1914 pattern1914 webbing bandolier bandoleer morris oxford morrisoxford bullnose frank d. mockler frankdmockler national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland blackandwhite monochrome outdoor vehicle black and white Following the Easter Rising, British Army soldiers are about to search a car that they've stopped on Mount Street Bridge over the Grand Canal, in an area of Dublin that had seen fierce and prolonged fighting. The car registration is RI 2987. (Dublin registered - RI 1 to 9999 ran from December 1903 to April 1921). According to the Irish Motor Directory and Motorists' Annual for 1915-16, the owner of RI 2987 was Frank D. Mockler, Dunavara, Lucan. Think that the label on the trunk at the back may be a White Star Line label. Great array of posters in the background for Bass, the Coliseum Theatre, the Tivoli and the Empire, and for Kennedy's Bread. Note also the frame of one of the Ringsend gasometers at top left. So this photo was not taken early in the morning as the inner cylinder is down (i.e. not full of gas). If you stood at this spot today, the scene (structurally) would be almost unchanged... To get some flavour of the atmosphere in Dublin at the time, have a look at this. Date: Early May 1916 NLI Ref.: INDH23 Following the Easter Rising, British Army soldiers are about to search a car that they've stopped on Mount Street Bridge over the Grand Canal, in an area of Dublin that had seen fierce and prolonged fighting. The car registration is RI 2987. (Dublin registered - RI 1 to 9999 ran from December 1903 to April 1921). According to the Irish Motor Directory and Motorists' Annual for 1915-16, the owner of RI 2987 was Frank D. Mockler, Dunavara, Lucan. Think that the label on the trunk at the back may be a White Star Line label. Great array of posters in the background for Bass, the Coliseum Theatre, the Tivoli and the Empire, and for Kennedy's Bread. Note also the frame of one of the Ringsend gasometers at top left. So this photo was not taken early in the morning as the inner cylinder is down (i.e. not full of gas). If you stood at this spot today, the scene (structurally) would be almost unchanged... To get some flavour of the atmosphere in Dublin at the time, have a look at this. Date: Early May 1916 NLI Ref.: INDH23 | ||||
