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photograph / Sinn Fein Bank, 1919

Photograph of a raid by British Forces on Sinn Fein Bank, Harcourt Street. 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin, 12 September 1919.

 

photograph / Burned barracks, Co. Cork, 1920-1921

View of a burnt house, written on back, 'Somewhere in Co. Cork, 1920'. Possibly a burnt police barracks. Photograph, 4 by 3 inches taken by Prof. von Sydow of Stockholm in 1920 or 1921.

 

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.

 

photograph / Raid, Sinn Féin Headquarters, 1919

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

 

photograph / Kingsbridge Station, Dublin, 1921

(Cashman 284) War of Independence. Photograph. Wagon loads of Military Stores, including guns and ammunition had been held up in the Goods Department at Kingsbridge Station, Dublin, as a result of a Railway Strike, 1921. Armed British Soldiers and Auxiliaries were guarding the wagons. This...

 

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 / Auxiliary Police, Dublin, 1920

Photograph of two Auxiliary Police, a DMP Constable and a British Army soldiers outside Lawless and Heron's Bicycle Shop in Parnell Street, Dublin, 1920. This photograph was taken after a raid on the shop.

 

photograph / Parnell Street, Dublin, 1921

(Cashman 313) Black and Tans. Photograph of hand grenade bombs found by the Black and Tans when they raided the I.R.A. General Headquarters (a cycle shop) in Parnell Street, Dublin, 1921. this shop was run by Joseph Lawless and Archie Heron as a cycle repair shop, with a bomb factory in the...

 

signal pistol / Ballytrain R.I.C. Barracks, 1920

Verey Light Signal pistol. Captured in attack on Ballytram (Ballytrain) R.I.C. Barracks, Co. Monaghan, February 1920.

 

photograph / Sinn Féin Bank, Harcourt Street, raid, 1919

Photograph of the raid by British Forces on the Sinn Féin Bank or place in vicinity, 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin, 12 September 1919. Scene during raid.

 

photograph / Beal Atha an Ghaorthaidh, 1920-1921

Photograph; Remains of burnt motor lorry and two figures. Written on back, 'Taken by Prof. Von Sydow, remains of British military lorry, destroyed near Beal Atha an Ghaorthaidh, 1920 or 1921'. Photograph, 4 by 3 inches, taken by Professor Von Sydow of Stockholm in 1920 or 1921.

 

photograph / Custom House, 25 May 1921

Photograph of the rounding up of Irish Republican Army prisoners at Custom House by British Forces, after the burning of the building, 25 May 1921.

 

photograph / Custom House, 25 May 1921

Photograph of the arms captured by British Forces at the burning of the Custom House, 25 May 1921. Showing revolvers and pistols on the ground.

 

photograph / Custom House, 25 May 1921

Photograph of the burning of the Custom House, 25 May 1921. Firemen at work outside the building.

 

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 / Custom House, 25 May 1921

Photograph - A group of I.R.A. prisoners with an Auxiliary, taken outside the Custom House after the burning 25 May 1921. Taken from under the Loop Line Bridge. Pictured from left to right- Volunteer Watchorn, from Carlow, an Auxiliary named Thompson, known as 'Tiny', Captain Wilson of Dublin,...