O’Donovan Rossa funeral committee
Image by National Library of Ireland on The Commons
Though recent sleuthing has meant we’ve had to change the tag for our recent series to "100ish years ago", we are a little more confident of the date for this Keogh Brothers’ shot of the O’Donovan Rossa funeral committee.
Those who have been following the hunt to identify everyone in the photo of Pearse’s famous oration may have a head-start, but it might be interesting to try identify some of the committee members here. Tom Clarke’s moustache leaps out from the centre, and De Valera is pretty obvious in uniform in the backrow, but who else do we have? And, what of location? Could we be at Glasnevin Cemetery or elsewhere?
O Mac PRO expertly identified the location as the Rotunda Gardens, Dublin. This is now the site of the modern part of the Rotunda Hospital and the Garden of Remembrance on Parnell Square – then Rutland Square.
sharon.corbet supplied a link to Twitter where we find the names of the people pictured.
Back Row:J. K. O’Reilly, P. T. Keohane, Diarmuid Lynch, Commandant Eamonn de Valera, James Tobin, B. R. Parsons, John O’Mahony, W. O’Leary Curtis, John Larkin, William Cullen,
Third Row: Commandant General Thomas MacDonagh, Martin Conlon, J. J. O’Kelly (Sceilg), James Casey, Councillor Richard O’Carroll, J. Farren Treasurer Dublin Trades Council, Seamus Buggy, Arthur Griffith, Sean MacGadhra, Joseph McGuinness, Joseph Murray, Henry Nicholls B.A. B.A.I., J. Lawlor Vice-President Dublin Trades Council, William O’Brien Ex President Dublin Trades Council, Cathal Brugha, James Whelan, Major John MacBride, T. Farren President Dublin Trades Council.,
Second Row: Miss J. Walsh, Countess Markievicz, Mrs. C. Holohan, Bhathair O Foghludha, John R. Reynolds F.A.A., Commandant Eamonn Daly, Seamus O Conchubhair, Thomas J. Clarke, Peadar McNally, James Stritch, Michael Slater, Mrs. Tom Clarke, Miss S. MacMahon, Miss B. Cassidy.,
Fourth Row: Maire Ni Raghnaill, Mrs. C. O’Moore, Michael McGinn, Thomas Meldon, Joseph Kelly, Brian O’Higgins (Brian Na Bansan), Miss B. Walsh, Mrs. Joseph McGuinness.
Labour Members of the Committee not in the Photograph were James Connolly, Peadar O Maicin, John Simmons.
Given the fact that Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa only passed away on the 29th June 1915 at St Vincent’s Hospital, Staten Island, New York, U.S.A. and he was not buried until 1st August 1915. I think it is reasonable to presume that the photograph was taken between these two dates?
Photographer: Keogh Brothers Ltd., photographers
Contributors: Keogh Brothers Ltd
Collection: Keogh Photographic Collection
Date: Between 29th June and 1st August 1915.
NLI Ref: Ke 175
You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie
