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February 2, 1922.

The handover of Beggars Bush Barracks, Haddington Road, Dublin 4.

Janet writes:

Tomorrow, 100 years ago, Beggars Bush Barracks, where the National Print Museum is located, became the first military barracks to be handed over to the new National Army by the departing British forces. Lively crowds gathered to observe the National Army detachment as it marched from the Phoenix Park to Beggars Bush. Read a contemporaneous account from The Irish Times here.

Was it for this?

Only you can decide.

 

Captions reads:

“The Guards – Beggars Bush – Irish Republican Army – February – 4th 1922 – The men who fought for the freedom of Ireland (the first unit of IRA in uniform)”.

The Guards at Beggar’s Bush (UCD Digital Library)

BBIt Beggars belief.

Karen Walsh writes:

“There is a fixed broadband outage at Beggar’s Bush exchange. Apparently 402 customers are affected. We noticed we were offline yesterday at  about 11am but Eircom is saying it was only reported at 12.40. So 402 homes and businesses in the Dublin 4 area which includes business areas such as Baggot St and Ballsbridge are without Internet and email now for almost 48 hours. The only information we have is that it will HOPEFULLY be back within 48 hours. Unbelievable. It would be great if you could ask who else is affected as it must be impacting on people’s businesses and this might give some kind of urgency to fixing it. Thanks.”

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