Young Fianna signaller, Paul Marshall, standing on the pier wall waiting for the ‘Asgard’ at Howth, July 26th 1914.

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“As we marched on up the pier I noticed another Fianna boy, Paul Marshal, standing high on the wall near the lighthouse at the end of the pier. He was making a rapid series of signals out to sea with a signal flag.” – Joseph Lawless, Fingal Brigade.

Image courtesy of South Dublin County Library