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watercolour / Custom House, Dublin

One of two watercolours by James Gandon, architect. North and South fronts of the Custom House, Dublin.

 

watercolour / Custom House, Dublin

One of two watercolours by James Gandon, architect. North and South fronts of the Custom House, Dublin.

 

souvenir / Custom House, 1921

Round shot from the Custom House, 1921. An old musket ball said to have been used as a paperweight. (see EW 4415).

 

photograph / Burning of the Custom House, 1921

Four photographic stills from British Pathe’s film footage of the aftermath of the attack and burning of the Customs House, Dublin, 25 May 1921, by the 2nd Battalion of the Dublin Brigade, IRA, under Tom Ennis. Showing British soldiers at an armoured car, British soldiers in a truck with...

 

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 - 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,...