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Subject: [Leica] Re:OT: Michael Collins
From: leicachris at worldnet.att.net (Chris Williams)
Date: Tue Dec 2 10:03:45 2008
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No nothing that I remember on the N roads, except when you get past Cork and 
hit the N71 or N22. For sure nothing on the N11 that I recall. I picked up a 
"In Search of Michael Collins" map in Bray in 2000. Most of the markers have 
been placed after 2002 I believe.

The R roads is where I remember some markers. And I know since those roads 
were wee bit tiny.

Chris
NOLA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@comcast.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 10:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Michael Collins


> At 10:37 AM 12/2/2008, Chris Williams wrote:
> >>From Wicklow down past Cork, there are small plaques along the roadsides
> >mentioning either Collins or the Black n Tans. They are tough to find and 
> >or
> >see. Sometimes they are on sharp curves and anyone driving in Ireland 
> >knows
> >how fast trucks comes around those curves. I'm sure I have some on Leica
> >negatives.
>
> On which roads?  I drove the N11 and N25 back in 2001 and do not recall 
> any such markers.  The Irish roads people are clearly a bunch of adherents 
> to the memory of de Valera, as Collins is just left out of all of their 
> publications.  I had to ask the locals in Cork to find Beul na mBleuth, 
> the site of his assassination.  It is a fascinating place:  my wife and I 
> were there for 15 minutes on a weekday afternoon, and at least four other 
> parties came by to pay their respects.  Collins is not forgotten.  (Yes, I 
> do have some shots of the scene, taken with my M6, though the site is not 
> especially photogenic.)
>
> Now, the Irish postal guys are clearly in the Collins camp.  Those heroic 
> paintings in the General Post Office in Dublin make repetitive mention of 
> Collins but Dev isn't mentioned at all.
>
> Marc
>
>
> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
>
>
>
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