Taking Over the Curragh
Category: Air Corps Museum Glass Plate Negative Photographs
Album: IE/MA/ACPS/GPN/028 to IE/MA/ACPS/GPN/032
Date Range: 01/01/1923 - 31/12/1923
Reference Code: IE-MA-ACPS-GPN-029.jpg
Glass plate copy negative of Colonel O'Connell taking over the Curragh. Several civilian bystanders, including children, watch as the Free State Troops are marching past. A caption below the image reads ' The Taking-Over of The Curragh Camp by Col. O'Connell (on left), May 16 1922.