Hoisting the Flag at the Curragh847 viewsThe first glass plate contains the caption " A Group of Free State Officers salute the Irish Flag after being hoisted on the Water Tower, Curragh Camp '. The flag is not visible in plate one.
Hoisting the Flag at the Curragh747 viewsThe second plate contains the caption " Col. O'Connell hoists the Irish flag on the Water Tower of The Curragh Camp, after the taking-over ceremony, May 16 1922 '. Two men can be seen hoisting the flag with perhaps a third person who is barely visible behind the flag. Another man looks on from the doorway.