A street of terraced houses


Photograph of a street of terraced houses (possibly in the Marrowbone area of North Belfast); part of a small group of people are standing at the side as if observing some activity further up the street.

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Interior of a house showing extensive damage


Photograph of the interior of a house showing extensive damage to its internal walls and with part of its furnishings, including a bed, lying on the ground.

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A soldier on duty outside a ruined building


The photograph possibly has been taken near the Munster and Leinster Bank on Sackville Street (current address: 10-11 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1); the gables of other badly damaged buildings are visible in the background.

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The General Post Office showing extensive damage: façade view


The photograph has been taken from Nelson's Pillar. Showing the façade of the GPO, with its gutted interior, silhouetted against a dark sky. Members of the public are walking by the GPO in the murky gloom, and a soldier or policeman appears to be on duty.

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A terraced house


Photograph of a terraced house (possibly in the Marrowbone area of North Belfast); the door appears to have been kicked in; a small child is standing in the foreground.

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Interior of a house showing extensive damage


Photograph of the interior of a house showing extensive damage to its walls and bits of furnishings, including an iron bedstead, lying in a jumbled mass.

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Interior of a substantial building which has been completely gutted by fire


Photograph of the interior of a substantial building which has been completely gutted by fire; it seems to have consisted of four floors over a basement.

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A completely burned house at the corner of Saunderson Street


Photograph of a completely burned house at the corner of Saunderson Street.

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A burned out and possibly looted shop


Photograph of a burned out and possibly looted shop; a member of the Special Constabulary is standing guard outside it and a Union Jack is fluttering overhead.

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An early Linotype which has suffered extensive damage


Photograph of an early Linotype which has suffered extensive damage; bits of the press are scattered on the floor (possibly the offices of the Cork Examiner newspaper offices which were destroyed by the IRA on August 1922).

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Liberty Hall showing extensive structural and artillery damage on one side


The two photographs have some differences in detail. Bricks have spilled out onto the street and workmen are in the process of loading them onto carts.

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Demolition work on a building in Middle Abbey Street


A man is silhouetted against the sky at the top of a ladder high on the building.

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Interior of a completely gutted building


The building possibly is on Sackville Street. A telegraph pole appears to be suspended in mid-air, debris is lying at the front of the building, and the cobbled street is full of puddles.

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Group of men outside a row of badly damaged and demolished buildings


Possibly on Sackville Street. Some of the men are working but others are scrutinising the damage; the remains of what appears to be a burned out tram are in the foreground.

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Soldiers outside a restaurant in ruins


The three photographs have some differences in detail. The restaurant interior has been destroyed although its façade, including decorative ironwork, appears to be largely intact; the soldiers are helping to salvage furniture. Further down the street there is even greater devastation of buildings with debris and wrecked vehicles lying around.

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Badly damaged buildings and people looking among the ruins


The two photographs have some differences in detail. The buildings possibly are on Sackville Street. The foreground contains twisted metal including the remains of a tram and a sign advertising Nestle's.

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Demolition of part of a building in Middle Abbey Street


The two photographs are taken from different angles. They show dust rising from the ruins and one photograph incorporates a group of people watching the process with curiosity. A building contractor's sign has been hung on the adjacent building.

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Man viewing the interior of a badly damaged building


The two photographs have some differences in detail. The man is viewing the gutted interior of very badly damaged buildings, possibly in the vicinity of the GPO, the parapet of which may just be visible. The foreground is a mass of twisted girders, and a long ladder is resting on part of the building.

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Soldiers in defensive position in the doorway and at a window of a building in ruins


The two photographs have some differences in detail.

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A group of people standing at the junction of Westmoreland Street and Carlisle Bridge which is showing extensive damage


The two photographs have some differences in detail. The bridge damage is being viewed, in the rain, by onlookers. Some men are on a ladder repairing tram cables and soldiers are standing on duty.

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A woman sitting on a trunk holding a baby in her arms


Photograph of a woman sitting on a trunk holding a baby in her arms; a little girl (out of focus) sits beside her and a nurse is standing behind.

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A little girl with bare feet being tended by a woman


Photograph of a dishevelled looking little girl with bare feet being tended by a woman in long black clothes.

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A group of people standing in front of a wooden hut


Photograph of a group of people, mainly children, standing in front of a wooden hut. A number of the children look unhappy although a few have managed to grin at the photographer; some of the children are barefoot. A second copy of the photograph has been touched up in pen perhaps to define it better for publication.

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A woman sitting on a trunk with her two children


Photograph of a woman sitting on a trunk holding a baby in her arms; a little girl (out of focus) sits beside her. The caption reads ‘Specials tore the clothes off this baby girl' but it has been crossed out.

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