Monthly Archives: November 2016

The Easter Rising Part Three – Trinity College

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Magicfingers

Trinity College, a few hundred yards south of the GPO, was only lightly defended on the morning of 24th April 1916, as momentum in the streets grew.  About fifty members of the Officer Training Corps (even their C.O. was away), … Continue reading →

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The Easter Rising Part Two – Dublin Castle

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Magicfingers

One of the gates to Dublin Castle, the centre of British power in Ireland in 1916.

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The Easter Rising Part One – The Dublin GPO

Posted on November 25, 2016 by Magicfingers

More than four years ago now, I published a short series of posts featuring a few of the sites in Dublin that still bear the scars of battle (such as the bullet hole above, on one of the columns outside … Continue reading →

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In Dublin’s Fair City

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Magicfingers

Yesterday I returned from what was my third visit to one of my favourite cities in the whole world.  This is Dublin by night, and me and the missus went over last Wednesday for a few days to visit some … Continue reading →

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French Flanders: Armentières, Nieppe & Steenwerck Part One – Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery & the Cite Bonjean (New Zealand) Memorial

Posted on November 12, 2016 by Magicfingers

Situated in the south western corner of the town of Armentières, Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in this part of French Flanders.

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Another Trench at Ypres

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Magicfingers

Another newly acquired postcard, and again an image I haven’t seen anywhere else, this view of a captured French trench near Ypres was taken the day after the Germans’ first ever use of gas on 22nd April 1915, at the … Continue reading →

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The First Trench at Ypres

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Magicfingers

Here’s an interesting postcard that came into my possession only this week.  I often talk about how trenches in Flanders had to be built above ground due to the high water table, using whatever came to hand, and this photograph … Continue reading →

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