Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

BOX 052 040

RPRMC Disbandment Parade

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 01/01/1922 - 31/12/1924

Reference Code: GPN-052-040

Glass plate negative showing General Mulcahy and Major Russell, O/C RPRMC, inspection the soldiers of the RPRMC at their Disbandment parade sometime in 1924.
BOX 034 013

Guarding the Railways

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 11/09/1926 - 12/09/1926

Reference Code: GPN-034-013

Glass plate negative showing soldiers from the Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps (RPRMC) constructing a protected dugout trench using sandbags and shovels, beside a railway line. These soldiers are being supervised by an armed Officer carrying a pistol.
BOX 034 014

Field Kitchen on the Railway line.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 11/09/1926 - 12/09/1926

Reference Code: GPN-034-014

Glass plate negative showing a field kitchen on the railway line. A soldier from the Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps can be seen preparing a meal for the troops. This glass plate negative was used in the April 1923 An tóglac, Volume 1 publication.
BOX 034 015

An armoured train.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 11/09/1926 - 12/09/1926

Reference Code: GPN-034-015

Glass plate negative showing a flat wagon with an armoured protective housing, a 0-6-0 steam locomotive and a six wheeled brake wagon.
BOX 034 017

Repairing a damaged railway.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 25/04/1926 - 15/05/1926

Reference Code: GPN-034-017

Glass plate negative showing soldiers from the Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps repairing the Douglas Viaduct railway bridge in Cork which was damaged during the Civil War.For more information see An tOglach Volume 1 No 5 (new Series) 21 April 1923.
BOX 034 018

Repairing the Douglas Viaduct, Cork.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 03/05/1926 - 04/05/1926

Reference Code: GPN-034-018

Glass plate negative showing soldiers from the Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps repairing the Douglas Viaduct in Cork that was damaged during the Civil War. For more information see An tOglach Vol 1 No 5 (new Series) 21st April 1923.
BOX 034 019

'Old Lime Pit' lookout post in the south of Ireland.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 03/05/1926 - 04/05/1926

Reference Code: GPN-034-019

Glass plate negative showing an 'Old Lime Pit' at Rathduff in County Cork. This was a sentry position overlooking a double railway. Six soldiers with Lee Enfield Rifles can be seen providing over-watch security for the train crossing the bridge at their location. An Officer can be seen overlooking the sentries ensuring they are providing adequate over-watch.For more information see An tóglách Volume 1 No 5 (new Series) 21st April 1923.
BOX 034 020

A repair train preparing to leave Cork City.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 03/05/1926 - 04/05/1926

Reference Code: GPN-034-020

Glass plate negative showing two soldiers from the RPRMC preparing to leave Cork City. Taken sometime between 1922 and 1924
BOX 048 002

The Salvage Corps demolishing a British Army rest camp.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 01/01/1925 - 31/12/1925

Reference Code: GPN-048-002

Glass plate negative showing soldiers of the Salvage Corps demolishing a British Army Rest Camp near the London and North Western Hotel in North Wall, Dublin. For more information see an article titled 'The Salvage Corps' in An tóglách, Volume 6, No 1 (New Series) 5th May 1923, pages 3 - 6.
BOX 048 003

The Salvage Corps inside a hanger in Tallaght Aerodrome.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 01/01/1925 - 31/12/1925

Reference Code: GPN-048-003

Glass plate negative showing soldiers from the Salvage Corps placing salvaged materials inside a hangar at Tallaght Aerodrome. For more information see an article titled 'The Salvage Corps' An tóglách, Volume 6, No 1 (New Series) 5th May 1923, pages 3 - 6.
BOX 048 006

The Salvage Corps unloading materials.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 20/06/1926 - 21/06/1926

Reference Code: GPN-048-006

Glass plate negative showing soldiers of the Salvage Corps unloading material salvaged from British Camps which were located in the Wicklow Mountains. Photograph taken at Clondalkin Railway Station sometime between 1922-1923.
BOX 052 052

RPRMC Disbandment Parade.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 20/06/1926 - 21/06/1926

Reference Code: GPN-052-052

General Mulcahy on the review stand saluting as the RPRMC march past at the Disbandment parade in 1924.
BOX 052 051

RPRMC Disbandment Parade

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 20/06/1926 - 21/06/1926

Reference Code: GPN-052-051

Glass plate negative showing General Mulcahy and General McMahon receiving the National flag and unit Colours at the Disbandment Parade for the RPRMC.
BOX 048 005

The Salvage Corps dismantling a British Rest Camp.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 27/01/1928 - 28/01/1928

Reference Code: GPN-048-005

Glass plate negative showing men of the Salvage Corps demolishing a British Army Rest Camp near the London and North Western Hotel, North Wall in Dublin, sometime in 1923.
BOX 048 001

The Salvage Corps at Tallaght Aerodrome.

Category: Glass Plate Negatives(1922-1968)

Album: Railway Protection, Repair and Maintenance Corps, Salvage Corps (1922-1924)

Date Range: 01/01/1927 - 31/12/1927

Reference Code: GPN-048-001

Glass plate negative showing the Salvage Corps unloading salvage from a truck from inside one of the hangars at Tallaght Aerodrome. For more information see an article titled 'The Salvage Corps', An tóglách, Volume 6, No 1 (New Series),5th May 1923, pages 3 - 6.