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Gem of Howth in the 1940s: A Closer Look Under the Bridge

Explore the two-storey house "Gem" in Howth in the 1940s, featuring caricatures of notable figures and possible fire damage. Discover the period's cartoons, including King Alphonso, Craigavon, W.T. Cosgrave, Ramsay MacDonald, Gandhi, and more. Dive into the style and detail of the era, with a focus on the bather's death trap at Dollymount. Uncover the impact of the post-war years on artists, as well as the attention to detail in Martello No. 1 North's cartoons. Learn about the availability of funds for Irish artists and the distortion of truth on Merrion St. Delve into filth and the warning against immoral literature. Take a glimpse into political and societal issues in Britain, Northern Ireland, and overseas. Lastly, explore themes of labour relations and the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstakes, as well as personal life and family matters.

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Gem of Howth in the 1940s: A Closer Look Under the Bridge

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  1. Howth in the 1940s – The Gem

  2. A closer look under the bridge – Gem is 2 storey house

  3. The Cartoons

  4. Period & Distribution

  5. Possible fire damage

  6. CARICATURES

  7. King Alphonso 5 Craigavon 16 W T Cosgrave 21 Ramsay McDonald 17 Gandhi 4 Ernest Blythe 8 Joe Devlin 2 Stanley Baldwin 14 Mussolini 4 Philip Snowden 7 Eamon de Valera 5 Hitler 1 Lloyd George 4 Kevin O'Higgins 3

  8. STYLE & DETAIL

  9. The bather's death trap at Dollymount "The policy of the Dublin Corporation and the Port and Docks Board of shifting responsibility and shirking action, might be harmless enough if precious young lives were not being lost every year as a consequence" 21/9/1929

  10. Attention to detail – Martello No.1 North

  11. Full Cartoons

  12. FREE STATE

  13. A Wind Fall The post-war years have been a lean time for artists. Under the terms of the late Thomas Haverty's will, a sum of £750 will be available yearly for the purchase of Irish artists'pictures. 11/8/1928

  14. The Merrion St. distorting mirror 8/4/1926

  15. Filth & obverse Don't look a gift horse in the hoof

  16. The Vulture At the Catholic Truth Conference, Judge O'Brien K.C. denounced the plague of immoral literature from abroad. 16/10/1926

  17. A hard hit Newspaper clipping: "Leading medical men in the Free State are unanimous in the opinion that the Government's decision to have a separate Medical Registrar for the Free State is likely to have cal......mitous results for the............sion and the medical......" Independent No date [Implementation of Treaty. First Act 1924. Second Act 1927.]

  18. Friendly Warning 28/5/1927 People say what is the use of telling these old tales and raking up the bitter story ... if we are to draw any lesson from our past we must know our past" - Mr Kevin O'Higgins Minister for Justice. [Assassinated 10 July 1927]

  19. BRITAIN

  20. Keeping his pecker up "The latest fancy in Mayfair is having one's photograph taken while under the spell of music of one's own choosing". 6/11/1930

  21. “Sup-Chum” "Lord Salisbury's observation in the house of Lords, that the welfare of the country should not be bartered for a measure of electoral reform would, however, imply that satisfactory assurances have been given to the Liberals by labour" 1/11/1930

  22. Political racketeering "A few gunmen - The Liberals - were pressing their will on the community as represented by the Government. Mr Lloyd George had succeeded in applying the pressure of Al Capone" Sir Hilton Young (C). 7/2/1931 [Liberals supporting a minority Labour government].

  23. The law is a hass Regarding the retention of the pictures of the Lane Bequest, Dr W.B.Yeats stated that "England has no defense whatever in the matter except the pure technicality of the law, England has no claim to these pictures and his statesmen know it" 27/8/1932

  24. NORTHERN IRELAND

  25. Aren't I a lovable fellow "That powerful Government, entrenched in a position of privilege and power, now, and as far as he could see for all time, could not allow the minority to exist, or have an opinion or thought, or be allowed to speak." - Joseph Devlin M.P. in Northern Parliament. 11/10/1928

  26. Stirring times No date – No commentary

  27. OVERSEAS

  28. Keeping his hand in 2/8/1926 [Wilhelm Marx – Chancellor ?]

  29. Keeping his hand in - detail

  30. The big noise in Germany [note: In German federal elections on 14/9/1930 Nazis increased their Reichstag seats from 12 to 107 becoming the second largest party.] 25/9/1930

  31. One admirer "One would imagine that ourside Russia no Government would be found capable of perpetrating such injustice, and of penalising a large and important section of citizens on account of their religion". 10/4/1930

  32. Uncle Sam's Mexican policy 29/1/1927

  33. A wrong setting "If the Mahatma (Gandhi) and his Lieutenants are to be induced to take part in the Round Table Conference, a necessary preliminary would seem to be that they should forthwith be set at liberty". 19/7/1930

  34. Strange as it seems "Gandhi is said to be coming to the Round Table Conference with a bill for £1,200,000,000 which goes back to the days of Queen Elizabeth when The East India Company first exploited the Uahatmas ancesters. The bill includes, over-taxation, illegal charges, and interest". 18/7/1931

  35. THEMES

  36. Labour relations

  37. 6/9/1913 Evening Herald [Lockout: 26/8/1913 – 8/1/1914]

  38. Magnetic attraction 8/5/1926

  39. Returned with thanks 12/8/1926 [ Bishops, who were living off mining royalties, attempted to propose a four month monatorium ]

  40. Irish Hospitals' Sweepstakes

  41. The coming draw – an expectant world 28/5/1931

  42. The two voices " England drew 2,823 prizes in The Saorstat Hospitals Sweepstakes, the total value of the cash prizes being £238,375. 6/6/1931

  43. PERSONAL LIFE FAMILY

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