A victory parade following an election in ennis in county clare, seemingly with the countess markievicz in the lead wearing a white coat/dress. Finding the date will be easy but finding the location might be interesting - given the blank stone wall is the only distinguishing feature(?)
based on the contributions (past and more recent) on this image, it seems pretty clear the subject is a (victory) parade of sinn féin supporters, related to the east clare by election of july 1917. Devalera won in a near landslide against the ipp candidate - in a precursor of what was to come in the 1918 general election. Devalera can be seen among the crowd - inline with the trunk of one of the right-hand trees, and below a man with a bike. As predicted, a confirmed location has been more elusive, although derangedlemur offers a solid candidate for that ballot on cusack rd (then gaol rd). . (note the "[vote f]or de valer[a]" graffiti on wall)
photographer: brendan keogh
collection: keogh photographic collection
date: c. 1916 - 1920. But almost certainly july 1917. Nli ref: ke 130
you can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the nli’s catalogue at catalogue. Nli. Ie. Date: July 1917.
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