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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The two photographs have some differences in detail.

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.

Photograph of the lengthy front façade of a burned out barracks; the walls and chimney stacks are intact but show heat and fire damage; small numbers of civilians, and a dog, are strolling past the building; a group of people are working at one wing of the building and a (policeman?) stands in front of it.

Photograph of a street in a country town with a series of burned out building in the background; smoke is still rising; a group of people appear to be salvaging items and placing them on a horse and cart.

Photograph of badly damaged terraced houses (possibly in Antigua Street, Belfast); most are boarded up although the roof is intact; two people are standing at the door of one which appears to be less badly damaged.

Photograph of the rear façade of a substantial country mansion completely gutted by fire; the walls and chimney stacks remain intact.

Photograph of an Irish Free State Army soldier examining the results of an explosion, possibly on a bridge on a country road; the wall of the bridge has been breached; debris is scattered over the road and pipes have been exposed at the roadside.

The photograph has been taken from Henry Street. Many of the buildings on Moore Street and Henry Street have been totally demolished. Nelson's Pillar is silhouetted against the skyline.

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 group of Irish Free State Army soldiers standing at a building which has suffered artillery damage and which they may have just captured; masonry is lying around from a breached wall; a group of civilians consisting of men and small boys stand and look on in curiosity; the soldiers are standing at ease but one is posing with a revolver in his hand.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of an Irish Free State Army soldier standing on guard with his rifle on the breached wall of a large building; the building has sustained extensive damage to its outer stone wall and coping stones; a second soldier is standing at ease to the right of the building; a group of small boys has congregated and is looking on; one boy is smoking.

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.

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.

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.

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.