Historical Collections Online

 

photograph / Raid, Sinn Féin Headquarters, 1919

Photograph of British raid on Sinn Féin Headquarters, Harcourt Street, Dublin, September 12, 1919.

 

photograph / Auxiliaries, 1920

Photograph - A group of three Auxiliary police, armed, on an urban street, probably Dublin, c. 1920, War of Independence period.

 

photograph / Free State Officers, Curragh Camp, 1922

(Cashman 141) British Withdrawal. Photograph of a group Free State Officers saluting the Irish Flag after being hoisted on the Water Tower, Curragh Camp.

 

photograph / British Army, Kildare Street, 1919-1921

(Cashman 120) War of Independence. Photograph of a cordoned-off area in Kildare Street during a search of houses by the British Military. They are seen with rifles and bayonets, steel helmets and full war kit, including armoured cars, lorries and searchlight equipment.

 

photograph / 'Tommy', Summerhill, Dublin, 1919-1921

(Cashman 122) War of Independence. Photograph of a "Tommy" endeavouring to remove a Republican flag from a tram standard in Summerhill, Dublin from the roof of a Kennedy's bread van.

 

photograph / British soldiers, O'Connell Street, 1919-1921

(Cashman 124) War of Independence. Photograph of an armoured car, keeping the crowd on the move in O'Connell Street near the GPO, while a raid for arms was taking place in the vicinity. Note soldiers with bayonets and steel helmets.