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IE CA CP/1/1/1/5/17
Title
Congress Passenger Liner, Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin
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- 24 June 1932 (Creation)
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(1615-2023)
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A passenger liner off the coast at Dún Laoghaire in County Dublin on 24 June 1932. A caption on the reverse of the image (credited to the Irish Army Air Corps) notes that ship’s arrival at the port was associated with the 31st International Eucharistic Congress (22-26 June 1932).
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This ship is most likely the SS ‘Lapland’, a British vessel which had been chartered to transport pilgrims from Philadelphia to Dublin for the Eucharistic Congress (see Mark Holan's blog at https://i0.wp.com/www.markholan.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/STLapland.1932.cropped-scaled.jpg?ssl=1)
