British Tanks roll through Dublin during the Irish Civil War - BASTARDS......

“The commercial district of Dublin after British Army shelling, 1916”

Aftermath at the GPO 1916 HAHAHA , civilization!

Sean McDermott was one of the leaders of the 1916 Easter Rising. This was a week long battle that took place in Dublin Ireland in order to free the Irish people from hundreds of years of British rule. Sean MacDermott was executed in Kilmainham Jail and buried at Arbour Hill.

The shell of the G.P.O. on Sackville Street (later O'Connell Street), Dublin in the aftermath of the 1916 Rising. Date: May? 1916 NLI Ref.: Ke 121

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Troops of the British Occupation Forces watch over Dublin City during the War of Independence, Ireland, 1920

Funeral of the victims of the German bombings. Dublin, Ireland 1941.

On this day in 1916, on Easter Monday in Dublin, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, a secret organization of Irish nationalists led by Patrick Pearse, launches the so-called Easter Rebellion, an armed uprising against British rule. Assisted by militant Irish socialists under James Connolly, Pearse and his fellow Republicans rioted and attacked British provincial government headquarters across Dublin and seized the Irish capital's General Post Office. Following these successes, they proclaimed…

Today we have the battle of the horse-drawn tram versus omnibus photos. It's Cork (the real capital of Ireland?) versus Dublin (the real capital of Ireland!). Which is the best image? That might be a little subjective, so perhaps which can we find out the most about? Date: 1863-1866 (thanks DannyM8) NLI Ref: STP_0077 You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie

“Dublin children collecting firewood from ruined buildings damaged in the Easter Rising beginning on this day in 1916.”

The Four Courts during the Civil War.

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Q 90443. Burning buildings in Sackville Street Dublin (subsequently renamed O'Connell Street) which sustained severe damage during the Easter Rising. The General Post Office had been seized by Irish republicans

British soldiers in position behind a stack of barrels during the Rising in Dublin.