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Mayor Greene at UCG

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Two men standing behind a table, shaking hands while one of them gives the other something, with another man standing beside them and three men seated in front of them at the table, on which are cups and saucers, plates of sandwiches and bread, a sugar bowl and milk jug, an ash tray and two vases of flowers. Behind them on the left are stacks of plates and tea or coffee boilers, a kitchen hood, a serving hatch and a power socket. In the centre is a doorway, slightly ajar, with a sign on top, and to the right a glass case with glasses and other items on its shelves and, resting on top of it, a large object and a lantern-like container in which a statue is visible.

The caption on this image in the University Archives is simply, 'Mayor Greene at UCG', with no information on the occasion, location, date or the persons shown. Peter Greene (1895-1963) was Mayor of Galway from 1954 to 1960; hence the image can be dated to that period of his as Mayor. He is the man standing on the left.
From the brief caption ('at UCG'), it can be deduced with confidence that the location was the kitchen area of the old Coffee Shop. That was the only location on campus at the time where staff and students could get tea and coffee.

(Standing, extreme left) Mayor Peter Greene.

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Séamus Mac Mathúna

S. Mac Mathúna, 'Mayor Greene at UCG', Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14916, Archival Record Id VHRS

(The sign on the wall behind the group) CEADÚNAS DÍOLTA TOBAC (= 'Licence for the sale of tobacco').
This is the legal notice, required to be displayed, that the premises in question were licensed to sell tobacco or tobacco products.

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