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Commandant Leonard during World War I

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Commandant Leonard during World War I

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I am surprised with the date attributed to this photo, how did an officer have time to sit for a photo when the Civil War had just started? Or was it taken on maneuvers?..With thanks in particular to derangedlemur ( /photos/8468254@N02/ ) , sharon.corbet ( /photos/scorbet/ ) , O Mac ( /photos/91549360@N03/ ) , Niall McAuley ( /photos/gnmcauley/ ) , and guliolopez ( /photos/20727502@N00/ ) , it is confirmed that this is Commandant Joe Leonard. A veteran of the Easter Rising, he was a key member of Collins' "Squad" ( Cairo_Gang ) during the War of Independence, and (as shown here) an officer in the pro-treaty National Army during the Civil War. Leonard was a Dublin-man, and O Mac ( /photos/91549360@N03/ ) proposes that this photo was taken in the capital. While it otherwise has the hallmarks of a studio shot, the partly blanked rubble in the background might suggest that it was taken during a lull at the end of the Battle of Dublin ( Battle_of_Dublin ) . It ended on 5 July 1922 - one day after the catalogue date we have for this image........Photographer: W. D. Hogan..Collection: Hogan Wilson Collection ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=Hogan-Wilson Collection ) ..Date: 4 July 1922..NLI Ref.: HOG231 ( vtls000218955 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )

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1910 - 1920
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