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photograph / Ruins of Athlone Printing Works, 1920

Photograph of the ruins of Athlone Printing Works, 1920 destroyed by Constabulary 3 November 1920. It was one of the largest printing works in Ireland.

 

article / Burning of Train no. 3, Cork, 1920

Burning of Train no. 3 in burning of Cork, December 1920. Article by Walter McGrath from Trainway Review(?), including reference to the rebuilt train as the only one ever built in Cork.

 

photograph / Meelin, Co. Cork, 1921

Photograph taken at Meelin, Co. Cork, 1921. Shows the men of the village held and guarded by British soldiers, while other soldiers were blowing up a nearby farm belonging to Mrs. Brown. Photograph 7 5/8 inches by 5 7/8 inches.

 

photograph / Mallow, January 1921

Photograph of a street in Mallow, dated 9 January 1921. Photograph shows three shop buildings destroyed by fire set by Black and Tan troops as a reprisal for the taking of Mallow Barracks on 28 September previously, and the tin huts erected in their place, where business was carried on. 7.75...

 

photograph / Siege of Tralee, November 1920

Photograph of ruined printing works belonging to Mr Quinnell of Tralee, Co. Kerry, destroyed during the siege of Tralee, November 1920.

 

photograph / Custom House, 25 May 1921

Photograph of the burning of Custom House, 25 May 1921. View of the front of the building.

 

photograph / Custom House, 25 May 1921

Photograph of the burning of the Custom House, 25 May 1921. Flames and smoke rising around dome.

 

photograph / Templemore, October 1920

Photograph taken at Templemore, dated 29 October 1920. Shows a young boy nailing boards across a broken window damaged in a reprisal by British troops for an ambush in the locality in which soldiers were shot. 4.5 inches by 6.25 inches.

 

photograph / Cork City Hall, December 1921

Photograph of the interior of Cork City Hall, showing the Organ Gallery, after the burning, 11 December 1921. Photograph 7.625 BY 5.75 inches.

 

photograph / Carnegie Library, Cork, 1920

Photograph of the Carnegie Library, Cork, taken after it was gutted by fire in the burning of Cork in December 1920.

 

photograph / Patrick Street, Cork, December 1920

Photograph taken in Cork City after the burning, 11 December 1920, showing devasted Patrick Street, Photograph c.5.5 inches by 3.5 inches.