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| Picture No | 12548389 |
| Date | 1949 |
| Description | Eire becomes a republic - March-past of the Irish Army |
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Troops giving 'Eyes left' to President O'Kelly as they passed down O'Connel Street in the big, military parade on Independence Day. Mr. O'Kelly stood on a canopied dais between the pillars of the General Post Office, scene of some of the bitterest fighting during the 1916 Rebellion. A huge map showing all Ireland as one unit hung between the columns of the Post Office, and the columns were also draped with laurel wreaths.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in 'The Sphere', 30 April 1949, page 163 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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