Talk:Dublin Castle

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Should a note be added about the explosion in 1892? According to an article in The Strand Magazine currently doing the rounds on Distributed Proofreaders it was the second criminal use of dynamite to cause a death:

"On the Christmas Eve of 1892, an infernal machine exploded outside the Detective Office in Exchange Court, Dublin Castle, when a detective officer was killed"

The article has a picture of the scene, which I could upload. -- Jim Regan 18:12 27 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Oh yeah, do. It would be an excellent addition. FearÉIREANN 18:56 27 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Here it is:

Should I resize it, remove the comment? -- Jim Regan 22:16 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Resize it certainly but no, I'd leave the comment. It gives it a content and a historic 'feel'. great work getting the picture. FearÉIREANN 23:42 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I've got a load more; I've got a picture of the gun Pat O'Donnell shot James Carey with, but there's no article about it, and since all those folk songs were news to me, I don't think I'm the person to write it (the chorus of "The Fields of Athenry" is the extent of my knowledge of Irish folk music, and I only learned that in college :) -- Jim Regan 21:49, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

[edit] smaller image

This better? -- Jim Regan 22:05, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Interesting pic; that whole area of buildings on the left has been long demolished; for a while it was a public garden, now some kind of square has been planned there. The building at the end of the court still exists.