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Howth in the 1940s – The Gem

Howth in the 1940s – The Gem. A closer look under the bridge – Gem is 2 storey house. photopol.com/gordon. The Cartoons. Period & Distribution. Possible fire damage. CARICATURES. King Alphonso 5. Craigavon 16. W T Cosgrave 21. Ramsay McDonald 17. Gandhi 4. Ernest Blythe 8.

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Howth in the 1940s – The Gem

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  1. Howth in the 1940s – The Gem

  2. A closer look under the bridge – Gem is 2 storey house

  3. photopol.com/gordon

  4. The Cartoons

  5. Period & Distribution

  6. Possible fire damage

  7. CARICATURES

  8. King Alphonso 5 Craigavon 16 W T Cosgrave 21 Ramsay McDonald 17 Gandhi 4 Ernest Blythe 8 Joe Devlin 2 Stanley Baldwin 14 Mussolini 4 Philip Snowden 7 Eamon de Valera 5 Hitler 1 Lloyd George 4 Kevin O'Higgins 3

  9. STYLE & DETAIL

  10. The bather's death trap at Dollymount "The policy of the Dublin Corporation and the Port and Docks Board of shifting responsibility and shirking action, might be harmless enough if precious young lives were not being lost every year as a consequence" 21/9/1929

  11. Attention to detail – Martello No.1 North

  12. Full Cartoons

  13. FREE STATE

  14. A Wind Fall The post-war years have been a lean time for artists. Under the terms of the late Thomas Haverty's will, a sum of £750 will be available yearly for the purchase of Irish artists'pictures. 11/8/1928

  15. No date

  16. The Merrion St. distorting mirror 8/4/1926

  17. Filth & obverse Don't look a gift horse in the hoof

  18. The loathsome invader "President Cosgrave at the Cumann na nGaedheal Convention, announced that a Bill to deal with the evil literature peril would probably be brought before the Oireachtas within the next few months". 17/5/1928

  19. The old age pensioner's treatment No date (budget 1924)

  20. Hey presto "About 58,000 of the poorest old age pensioners in the Saorstat will learn with satisfaction that Mr Blythe has at last decided to come to their aid and by restoring that shilling which disappeared in 1924". 1/3/1928

  21. Not all plain sailing "It is not yet five years since the Saorstat Constitution was enacted; but it has already been amended half-a-dozen times ... In contrast to this the Constitution of the United States has been changed only eight times in the last century and a quarter". 6/8/1927

  22. A hard hit Newspaper clipping: "Leading medical men in the Free State are unanimous in the opinion that the Government's decision to have a separate Medical Registrar for the Free State is likely to have cal......mitous results for the............sion and the medical......" Independent No date [Implementation of Treaty. First Act 1924. Second Act 1927.]

  23. Friendly Warning 28/5/1927 People say what is the use of telling these old tales and raking up the bitter story ... if we are to draw any lesson from our past we must know our past" - Mr Kevin O'Higgins Minister for Justice. [Assassinated 10 July 1927]

  24. BRITAIN

  25. Keeping his pecker up "The latest fancy in Mayfair is having one's photograph taken while under the spell of music of one's own choosing". 6/11/1930

  26. “Sup-Chum” "Lord Salisbury's observation in the house of Lords, that the welfare of the country should not be bartered for a measure of electoral reform would, however, imply that satisfactory assurances have been given to the Liberals by labour" 1/11/1930

  27. Political racketeering "A few gunmen - The Liberals - were pressing their will on the community as represented by the Government. Mr Lloyd George had succeeded in applying the pressure of Al Capone" Sir Hilton Young (C). 7/2/1931 [Liberals supporting a minority Labour government].

  28. The law is a hass Regarding the retention of the pictures of the Lane Bequest, Dr W.B.Yeats stated that "England has no defense whatever in the matter except the pure technicality of the law, England has no claim to these pictures and his statesmen know it" 27/8/1932

  29. NORTHERN IRELAND

  30. Aren't I a lovable fellow "That powerful Government, entrenched in a position of privilege and power, now, and as far as he could see for all time, could not allow the minority to exist, or have an opinion or thought, or be allowed to speak." - Joseph Devlin M.P. in Northern Parliament. 11/10/1928

  31. Stirring times No date – No commentary

  32. John to the rescue or “Hands across the sea” 22/5/1926

  33. Laying the foundation stone "Under the Civil Authorities (Special Powers) Bill the Government retains the right to arrest and imprison without cause shown; if Ministers desire, papers can be compelled to suppress the publication of news to which exception is taken, and comment can be made a punishable offence". 19/5/1928

  34. OVERSEAS

  35. Keeping his hand in 2/8/1926 [Wilhelm Marx – Chancellor ?]

  36. Keeping his hand in - detail

  37. Looking for a seat 26/8/1926

  38. The big noise in Germany [note: In German federal elections on 14/9/1930 Nazis increased their Reichstag seats from 12 to 107 becoming the second largest party.] 25/9/1930

  39. Neighbours "The memory of of [sic] former partitions forces Poland to remain on the alert against any aggressive designs on the part of Germany or Russia or both. They have certain grievances against Poland". 5/4/1928

  40. One admirer "One would imagine that ourside Russia no Government would be found capable of perpetrating such injustice, and of penalising a large and important section of citizens on account of their religion". 10/4/1930

  41. Uncle Sam's Mexican policy 29/1/1927

  42. A wrong setting "If the Mahatma (Gandhi) and his Lieutenants are to be induced to take part in the Round Table Conference, a necessary preliminary would seem to be that they should forthwith be set at liberty". 19/7/1930

  43. Strange as it seems "Gandhi is said to be coming to the Round Table Conference with a bill for £1,200,000,000 which goes back to the days of Queen Elizabeth when The East India Company first exploited the Uahatmas ancesters. The bill includes, over-taxation, illegal charges, and interest". 18/7/1931

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