Part of UCD Library's Curran Collection, most of these postcards were published in 1916 in the immediate aftermath of the Insurrection. They provide an excellent contemporary pictorial record of the damage to the city; one showing a “before and after” photograph of Sackville (O'Connell) Street. Some are reproductions of “under fire” photos taken by the Daily Sketch photographer and published by Easons. Other series were produced by Hely's and Coleman's publishers. The collection contains 37 distinct postcards (as well as duplicates) collected by Constantine Curran.

Sinn Fein rebellion, 1916: smoking ruins on the side of the Liffey, Dublin

Irish rebellion May 1916: soldiers holding a Dublin street

Irish rebellion May 1916: Talbot Street, Dublin, held against a rebel charge. Picture taken under fire

After the insurrection: ruins of Eden Quay

View of the Four Courts façade across the Liffey from Merchants' Quay by W.D. Hogan. Building shows damage, mainly broken windows in the cupola. The republican flag is flying from the roof; a truck is blocking the entrance to the east courtyard.

Irish rebellion May 1916: Henry Street, Dublin, after the shelling of the rebels

View of the Four Courts façade by W.D. Hogan from Merchants' Quay. Building shows damage, mainly broken windows; windows in cupola blocked with sandbags; the republican flag is flying; a truck is blocking the entrance to the east courtyard; debris and sandbags outside the entrance to the west courtyard. (Date stamped 18 July).

The steel girders have remained largely intact.

Henry Street, Dublin, looking towards Nelson's Pillar, after bombardment

Sackville Street, Dublin (Abbey Street corner) after the bombardment

Sinn Fein rebellion: corner of Sackville Street, Dublin. Before and after

Sinn Fein rebellion, 1916: wrecked shops in Sackville Street, Dublin

Sinn Fein rebellion, 1916: Sackville Street, Dublin

The insurrection in Dublin: armoured motor car in Bachelor's Walk

Sinn Fein rebellion: Sackville Street, Dublin. Before and after

View of the west wing of the Four Courts from Merchants' Quay by W.D. Hogan. End of the building at Morgan Place shows extensive damage from shelling; three floors and the wall have partially collapsed; a truck is blocking the entrance to the rear of the building at Morgan Place.

View of the façade of the Four Courts from Merchants' Quay (probably by W.D. Hogan); façade shows extensive damage and the entire building is enveloped in thick smoke possibly in the aftermath of the explosion at the PRO.

View of the façade of the Four Courts from Merchants' Quay by W.D. Hogan. Façade shows extensive damage to the west wing from shelling in which three floors and the wall have partially collapsed; the roof has holes and there is masonry missing from the entrance to the west courtyard; the foreground on Merchants' Quay is strewn with debris and broken tram lines; cupola of the Four Courts is shrouded in smoke.

After the insurrection: burning ruins in Upper Sackville Street

Sinn Fein rebellion, 1916: corner of Sackville Street, Dublin

Irish rebellion May 1916: Sackville Street in flames. A photograph taken by a "Daily Sketch" photographer under fire

After the insurrection: corner of Bachelor's Walk and Lr. Sackville Street, which commanded O'Connell Bridge

Irish rebellion May 1916: the interior of the ballroom, Imperial Hotel, Dublin, after the siege