File:Tailteann Games Visitors at the R.I.A. 1924 (18426438103).jpg

English: "Group outside 19 Dawson Street [headquarters of the Royal Irish Academy], including Eoin O'Duffy, Kevin O'Higgins, William T. Cosgrave, Desmond FitzGerald, Chief Justice Kennedy and W.B. Yeats"

From the catalogue description, we knew a number of the subjects in this Hogan image. In response to the challenge to name the others (including the ubiquitous window-peerer), [/photos/79549245@N06/ DannyM8] came back in double-quick time with not only a confirmation of date, but a list of attendees. He found, a description as follows:
A representative committee, of which W.B. Yeats is Chairman and Senator Oliver St. John Gogarty is Vice-Chairman, with the Marquis MacSwiney as Advisor, has succeeded in securing the attendance of a number of distinguished guests in Dublin for the Opening of the Tailteann Games. England, Scotland, America, Belgium, Brazil, France, Germany, Greece, Persia and Poland will be represented.

In all, we think pictured (many directly identified), we have:

Irish govt reps (in suits and diplomatic garb) - including:
WT Cosgrave (President of Executive Council)
Kevin O'Higgins (Vice President of Executive Council)
Desmond FitzGerald (TD & Minister for External Affairs)
Hugh Kennedy (Chief Justice)
Eoin MacSwiney (Marquis MRIA)

Foreign diplomats (in suits and similar garb) - including
Mirza Riza Khan (Persian Prince & Ambassador)
Magalhaes de Azeredo (Brazilian Ambassador)
Erik Kule Palmstierna (Swedish Baron)
Willem Hubert Nolens (Netherlands Msgr)
Count von Schlitz

In academic garb:
WB Yeats (Senator Poet Nobel Laureate)
Dr R Macalister (Secretary RIA)
LC Purser (Vice-President RIA)
Rev Dr Lawlor (Dean of St Patricks)
Dr R Lloyd Praeger
Sir Frederick Moore VP
Dr RF Scharff
Dr WR Fearon
Dr Kirpatrick
Dr RAS Macalister
EJ Gwynn (Trinity Provost)
Dr George O’Brien
WG Strickland
WF Butler

In uniform:
E O'Duffy (TD & Garda Commissioner)
Col O'Reilly (Aide de Camp)
Capt Murphy (Aide de Camp)


Note: As our "people Identified" bell broke in pieces through overuse (coinciding with the identification of one of the behatted gentlemen pictured), from now on, when the occasion demands we will be seen wearing the People Identified Fez, which we have borrowed from the "Little Museum of Dublin".


Photographer: Hogan, W. D

Collection: [=format: Hogan Collection]

Date: 4 August 1924

NLI Ref: HOG100

You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie