Free State roof tiles

baaba maal

there's a thread title you don't see every day!
My brother was working on a house renovation in Cabra (north Dublin) where they had to replace some of the roof. These are the original tiles:
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I have googled "Defiance roof tiles" and the only link is somebody selling a yard full of them! Would anybody know where the tiles were made and point to any relevant history related to this. Coincidentally I recently found a brown glass bottle with the Saorstat Eireann logo so obviously there were some attempts to increase industrial activity during this era. Any info gratefully received.....

whisky_galore

The forerunner of the Guaranteed Irish label. Also they had a logo on some products that looked like a Gaelic font 'E' with 'Deanta In Eireann' on it.

baaba maal

Cool!

goose2005

Also the old SÉ postboxes

baaba maal

Excellent! Any more SE branded products out there?

whisky_galore

davycc

;)wernt some of our coins from the 20s and maybe 30s free state also

pedroeibar1

Several potential directions for this thread. E.g the use of
- Saorstat Eireann as a simple ‘emblem’ e.g. on letterboxes/coinage/etc.,
- Saorstat Eireann as a mark of ‘defiance’ under the Economic War with Britain (like the rooftiles, an early Deanta i n- Eirinn / ‘Buy Irish’ campaign.) Protectionism, quotas/Irish content, labour quotas, etc.
- Saorstat Eireann – role in its early days in developing an indigenous industry* particularly under Lemass, who was elected and became Minister for Industry & Commerce in 1932.
*In no particular order - ESB, Irish Sugar, Irish Shipping, Insurance Corporation of Ireland, Agricultural and Industrial Credit Corporations, even up to the nationalization of B&I Line in mid 1960’s)

baaba maal

Good stuff Pedro, I'll follow up on those pointers. Already seeing ads online for SE memorabilia!

dubhthach

It's a pity that Percy Metcalfe original design for the Bull wasn't carried through on the Shilling. Alot more "dynamic" piece:

pedroeibar1

Ca bfhuil an dreoilin, an bradan agus an giorria?

baaba maal

dubhthach wrote: »

It's a pity that Percy Metcalfe original design for the Bull wasn't carried through on the Shilling. Alot more "dynamic" piece:

Indeed! I always thought it said something about "us" as a nation that we chose a much tamer version of the bull. Although that might be just idle speculation on my part.