He’s been awful quiet recently, though. Slacking off.
The prick that gave the country to the church.
Jesus, that is some high quality photo.
Steps of Ennis Courthouse if anyone was interested.
Great photo. Where can I find more like this?
What’s the year of the original photo?
I’m pretty sure that’s Ennis courthouse.
A big statue of dev now about 20m in front of where he was standing.
That priest at the bottom, is it just me or does he have a ring around his eye from a monacle or something
More of a Collins fan myself.
were people more tanned back then or was it dirt or is that just the nature of the photograph film?
Looks pretty good for a newborn.
Half the lads in Ireland rocking the same haircut today.
I get and appreciate many of the criticisms of de Valera and am no major fan. But something that made me think a lot is this point I heard recently: if you look at a lot of the young democracies in Europe that got their freedom after the First World War very few of them survived into the 30s and 40s remaining full democracies. The democracies that were established were often extremely weak and brittle.
It would be hard to argue that de Valera’s Ireland was an especially “liberal” democracy, but the fact that Ireland never collapsed into any major political extremism (though obviously there were groups attempting that) is something that he has to take partial credit for. He had such a major influence on Irish politics throughout most of the early-mid 20th Century that he did play a big part in maintaining that stability. That and him not making Catholicism the state religion despite pressure to, some positives. Though that is not to dismiss the negatives at all.
Foreigner here, what’s up with the surname? Is that common somewhere in Ireland? Never heard of it apart from him.
I understand that De Valrera is a very controversial person but he has so much presence and charisma in that picture.There is something about his profile that is almost regal.
Oh my god, they had camera phones back then!?
His was the first corpse that I saw as a young child. It looked like wax. Very confusing.
I’m more boggled by the fact 1882 was 140 years ago
These lads were fuckin’ hardy cunts.
My Great Grandfather taught De Velara to speak Gaeilge. Taught it to him at his kitchen table when he first came over.
Getting Cathal Brugha vibes off the guy in the foreground.
I bet everyone there smells like coal and cigarettes
Happy birthday. He’s looking good for his age.
Look at the quality of those coats. Even that flag looks like it would out live most of us.
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He’s been awful quiet recently, though. Slacking off.
The prick that gave the country to the church.
Jesus, that is some high quality photo.
Steps of Ennis Courthouse if anyone was interested.
Great photo. Where can I find more like this?
What’s the year of the original photo?
I’m pretty sure that’s Ennis courthouse.
A big statue of dev now about 20m in front of where he was standing.
That priest at the bottom, is it just me or does he have a ring around his eye from a monacle or something
More of a Collins fan myself.
were people more tanned back then or was it dirt or is that just the nature of the photograph film?
Looks pretty good for a newborn.
Half the lads in Ireland rocking the same haircut today.
I get and appreciate many of the criticisms of de Valera and am no major fan. But something that made me think a lot is this point I heard recently: if you look at a lot of the young democracies in Europe that got their freedom after the First World War very few of them survived into the 30s and 40s remaining full democracies. The democracies that were established were often extremely weak and brittle.
It would be hard to argue that de Valera’s Ireland was an especially “liberal” democracy, but the fact that Ireland never collapsed into any major political extremism (though obviously there were groups attempting that) is something that he has to take partial credit for. He had such a major influence on Irish politics throughout most of the early-mid 20th Century that he did play a big part in maintaining that stability. That and him not making Catholicism the state religion despite pressure to, some positives. Though that is not to dismiss the negatives at all.
Foreigner here, what’s up with the surname? Is that common somewhere in Ireland? Never heard of it apart from him.
I understand that De Valrera is a very controversial person but he has so much presence and charisma in that picture.There is something about his profile that is almost regal.
Oh my god, they had camera phones back then!?
His was the first corpse that I saw as a young child. It looked like wax. Very confusing.
I’m more boggled by the fact 1882 was 140 years ago
These lads were fuckin’ hardy cunts.
My Great Grandfather taught De Velara to speak Gaeilge. Taught it to him at his kitchen table when he first came over.
Getting Cathal Brugha vibes off the guy in the foreground.
I bet everyone there smells like coal and cigarettes
Happy birthday. He’s looking good for his age.
Look at the quality of those coats. Even that flag looks like it would out live most of us.
Better times.
Most zealously overhated man in Irish history.
No Saint tho.
Spanish-Irish mathematician from Brooklyn.