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| Keywords: public domain blackandwhite monochrome outdoor animal pet dog irish guards irishguards dog mascot uniform puttees cap badges barracks army ireland munster fence wednesday 21st february 1917 1910s a.h. poole ahpoole arthur henri poole arthurhenripoole glass negative glassnegative boy drummer boy drummerboy great war greatwar drummer badge drummerbadge wwi first world war firstworldwar flute pouch flutepouch infantry barracks infantrybarracks parade ground paradeground regimental mascot regimentalmascot leitrim boy leitrimboy irish wolfhound irishwolfhound galtee boy galteeboy carlow nora carlownora british army britisharmy dog identified dogidentified world war one worldwarone wolfhounds waterford national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland poole photographic collection poolephotographiccollection blackandwhite monochrome outdoor pet animal black and white Public Domain: National Library of Ireland on The Commons Public Domain: National Library of Ireland on The Commons A very young member of the Irish Guards, pictured at Waterford Barracks with the regiment's mascot, an Irish Wolfhound. I thought that the dog must have moved, because on zooming in, there seemed to be a ghostly leg, and some obvious remedial work on his tail. James Guerin explained this effect: "I think the 'ghost' is the original position of the dog's tail and maybe this was too 'between it's legs' for the owner. Seems a bit bizarre to edit it but maybe this was a 2nd version and the owner ended up going for the original print as the edit was too obvious. " Believe it or not, we now have a name for this dog. He was Leitrim Boy, out of Galtee Boy and Carlow Nora. Leitrim Boy was born on Tuesday, 12 November 1907, and so would have been 9 years old when this photo was taken (or 63 in dog years!). Thanks to Niall McAuley for providing us with this great link to Irish Guards' mascots down through the centuries, including our lovely Leitrim Boy. As was pointed out below by a few people, the Irish Guards were on the Western Front in 1917, but as ofarrl said: "I think the most likely explanation for the presence of the Irish Guards, or at least the band members, in Waterford would have been for the purposes of recruitment, they did a similar tour of Ireland in April 1915." Date: Wednesday, 21 February 1917 NLI Ref.: POOLEWP 2708 A very young member of the Irish Guards, pictured at Waterford Barracks with the regiment's mascot, an Irish Wolfhound. I thought that the dog must have moved, because on zooming in, there seemed to be a ghostly leg, and some obvious remedial work on his tail. James Guerin explained this effect: "I think the 'ghost' is the original position of the dog's tail and maybe this was too 'between it's legs' for the owner. Seems a bit bizarre to edit it but maybe this was a 2nd version and the owner ended up going for the original print as the edit was too obvious. " Believe it or not, we now have a name for this dog. He was Leitrim Boy, out of Galtee Boy and Carlow Nora. Leitrim Boy was born on Tuesday, 12 November 1907, and so would have been 9 years old when this photo was taken (or 63 in dog years!). Thanks to Niall McAuley for providing us with this great link to Irish Guards' mascots down through the centuries, including our lovely Leitrim Boy. As was pointed out below by a few people, the Irish Guards were on the Western Front in 1917, but as ofarrl said: "I think the most likely explanation for the presence of the Irish Guards, or at least the band members, in Waterford would have been for the purposes of recruitment, they did a similar tour of Ireland in April 1915." Date: Wednesday, 21 February 1917 NLI Ref.: POOLEWP 2708 | ||||
