Photograph of the interior of a house showing damage to the walls, furnishings and to a statue.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the ruined cupola of the rotunda of a building.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the gutted interior of a church; the gable end with a small lattice window and bell tower is still intact; twisted metal girders and debris lie in the foreground; the roof is missing.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the gutted interior of a building; the interior consists of a mass of twisted metal; through the breached walls a more imposing building, also damaged, is visible (possibly the mezzanine storage treasury of the Public Record Office although the window apertures are church-like).

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of a gentleman standing in the ruins of part of the Four Courts surrounded by debris and broken pillars. He is holding what is possibly the remnant of a document from the explosion in the treasury of the PRO.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of an Irish Free State Army soldier in firing position inside a badly damaged house. His rifle is pointed through a hole in the wall of a room; debris is lying on the ground and a door has been kicked off its hinges.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of three Irish Free State Army members in offensive position on the stairs of a building, possibly a private house.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the ruined interior of the Four Courts. Debris and broken pillars lie around. The imposing statue of a judge has been badly damaged.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the ruins of a building showing the remains of two floors; internal walls have been largely destroyed; extensive debris including bricks and wooden beams are lying around in addition to a substantial quantity of granite blocks, possibly from the outside wall.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the interior of a prison showing three floors, two with mezzanine catwalks outside the cells; the cell doors are open and the ground is littered with mattresses and blankets (date stamped 25 July).

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of two men in makeshift uniform contemplating the ruins of some machinery; one carries a pistol; the wall of the room shows extensive damage from gunfire.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the interior of a room containing debris and bits of metal.

This collection of photographic prints forms part of the papers of Desmond FitzGerald (P80). The majority of theses photographs arise out of the Civil War but other smaller series relate to the aftermath of the Easter Rising and to the War of Independence. There are also other series of army portraits and of historical occasions photographs.