A huge procession during 31st Eucharistic Congress of Dublin at Phoenix Park (The Whitefields, Phoenix Park, Dublin, D08 KDC4). The procession includes Cardinal Lorenzo Lauri, the papal legate. Cardinals wear scarlet and Bishops wear royal purple dresses. Uniformed troopers of the Free State Forces are also present. About 200,000 people gathered to attend the High Mass.
Views of a bridge and a crowded streets of Dublin in Ireland. People walking, a double decker bus and a horse cart is seen. Leopardstown Racecourse Club entrance is seen. A huge crowd is gathered for a horserace underway. Views of football (soccer) match in Ireland preceded by bagpipers playing on the field. Irish people cheering in the stands and watching the football match.
Major sports events of the year 1958. Participants at an all star mile race in Dublin, Ireland. Australian athlete Herb Elliot sets a new mile record of 3 minutes, 54 and 1/2 seconds, as he crosses the finish line.
Soldiers march on a recruitment parade in Dublin, Ireland. A team of horses pulls a caisson, followed by infantry with shouldered arms. Commercial buildings in the background. One displays sign for James H. Webb & Company. Band marches along with them (although not playing at this instant). Spectators line sidewalks. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Field and track events in Dublin, Ireland. A mile race gets underway as a gun is fired. Athletes run on the track as spectators cheer. Merv Lincoln leads after half a mile. Australia's Herb Elliot talks to reporter, Liam Browne, of Radio Telefís Éireann (RTE), after winning the race in a record time of 3 minutes 54 and a half seconds.
Destruction in Dublin, Ireland after the "Easter Rising" or "Easter Rebellion" armed uprising of 1916, attempting to establish an independent Irish Republic, without British rule. People stand outside a destroyed building. Rubble on the ground. The Daniel O'Connell Monument on O'Connell Street. Buildings along the sides of the street. The General Post Office, which served as rebel headquarters for the Irish Republicans. Lots of vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Wrecked vehicles and furniture outside a damaged building. British soldiers guard the building. Damaged buildings of the Irish Workers Union and Liberty Hall. A man holds an Irish War Newspaper published by the rebel Irish Republic. Headline (during World War I) reads, "How the Germans conquered England."