Whose funeral is this?

[LHurrey]

Could it be Contance Markievicz's funeral?
http://www.lissadellhouse.com/countess.html

[Ruskie]

Could it be Contance Markievicz's funeral?
http://www.lissadellhouse.com/countess.html

Apparently she died in July 1927.

[Pastmagic]

http://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=+walsh+funeral&type=Subject&submit=FIND&filter%5B%5D=digitised%3A%22Digitised%22

This may be the occasion - it was so important that photographers from all over Dublin may have been taking photos. See the picture of the hearse with snow on the tramlines.

PM

[Annie65115]

Archibishop Walsh died in April. Does it look like April weather?

[Ruskie]

http://catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Results?lookfor=+walsh+funeral&type=Subject&submit=FIND&filter%5B%5D=digitised%3A%22Digitised%22

This may be the occasion - it was so important that photographers from all over Dublin may have been taking photos. See the picture of the hearse with snow on the tramlines.

PM

Clothing and tram lines look very similar, even the police (wearing bobby helmets), but there is a lot more snow in the OP's postcard. April is questionable - a cold snap perhaps. The onlookers look very rugged up though. 

[Pastmagic]

It has happened in Ireland....need to dig a little deeper! Its just the photos have a very similar "feel". There are nearly 400 shots of funeral processions on the NLI web site. If anyone has a sub to Irish Newspaper Archives they could probably find out which large funerals took place around the time. Do think many aspects of these photos are similar to our puzzle one.

[gracie23]

I agree with Doddie. Here's an old photo of St. Michael's Church on Marine Road, Dun Laoghair.
The window framing looks the same as does the lamp posts in the middle of the road.
  What do you think?
Deb

[majm]

Yes, it does, Deb, however, on the other hand, I reside in Australia, and those centre of the street light poles, with their long cross arms are a familiar site in large rural townships in NSW even into the 1970's...  And the church building itself, is not unlike so many of the churches in many locations around Australia.

[Pastmagic]

Another possibility is the funeral procession on Friday Nov 26, 1920;
Of the British Officers  shot in the so called Ciaro Gang episode. This did go from the North wall to Dunlaoighre thence on to London.
PM