In Pictures: Leinster Lawn Cenotaph in honour of Collins and Griffith

 Crowd of men and women, including President William Cosgrave and Erskine Childers, present at the unveiling of the Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins Memorial at Leinster House (Image: National Library of Ireland)

President Cosgrave in Phoenix Park just after the blessing being handed the colours (Image: The Illustrated London News 1st September 1923) 

Aerial picture of unveiling ceremnoy taken from an aeroplane (Image:The Irish Times, 14 August 1923)

Photograph of a section of the gathering in the front of the Cenotaph (Image: The Irish Independent, 14 August 1923) 

President Cosgrave placing a wreath on the memorial (Image: The Irish Times, 14 August 1923) 

[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]