The mystery of ‘Dapper Dan’ has been solved
National Monuments writes:
A few years ago we posted a photo of a rather distinguished looking gentleman beside a wayside cross at Carpenterstown, Co. Westmeath
Fondly nicknamed ‘’Dapper Dan’ by the staff of the NMS Archive and Photographic Units, we are delighted to say that his identity has been discovered during the ongoing cataloguing of our Topographical File collection.
May we introduce you to a 30 year old Welsh born – Mr. John Hugh Williams, Assistant Surveyor with the ‘Board of Works’ (now The Office of Public Works) who was based in Mullingar until 1917…
Meanwhile…
Thirty three years later
John Williams In 1940.
Still dapper, in fairness.
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Wasn’t Dapper Dan a pomade, (Yes hipsters, a pomade), which featured in Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
It was!
I love the scene with the water sirens
https://youtu.be/FXpRxzmawjw
I ain’t a Fop man! I’m a Dapper Dan man!
Cross marks the spot where the least amazing of Fore’s Wonders, The Hermit in the Cave was killed – according to the wonderful 1930s, Folklore Project.
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5009034/4979388
Glad to see John Williams upgraded the Pork Pie for a Fedora.
Must have been before he met Spielberg