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Can you help? This
picture seems to date from c1907 and is a photograph of the pupils of
the primary school in the park. ======================================
We
said: The man on the right is gatekeeper Thomas James. Polly, his wife,
stands on the step with their son Jack James. The James family lived in
the lodge. Georgina
was correct in the above note and as a consequence we were able to introduce
her to her cousin who had supplied the above picture. ============================ This
picture we believe dates from 1937, some 30 years later than the top picture. ==============================================================
click to order your copy for home delivery "This
is an enthusiast's book." "It's
a fabulous book. It should be in all schools." oOo He was born in Chapelizod in a house beside the churchyard of Le Fanu and counted Phoenix Park as his personal rambling ground through his growing years and beyond. |
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