An album of photographs recording the construction of the Savoy Cinema, O'Connell Street, Dublin and its appearance on completion.

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.

Showing advertisements for ‘One Romantic Night’ and ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’.

Includes a partial drawing of the cinema façade.

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

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

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

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

Irish rebellion May 1916: soldiers holding a Dublin street

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

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

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

After the insurrection: ruins of Eden Quay

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

O'Connell Bridge and quays Dublin: before and after "Sinn Fein Rebellion"

After the insurrection: burning ruins in Upper Sackville Street

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

Sackville Street, Dublin, from O'Connell Bridge, after the bombardment

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

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

Henrietta Street, Nos. 11-13: facades

Henrietta Street, No. 10: façade

Henrietta Street, No. 9: facade

Henrietta Street, Nos. 5-6: façade

Kildare Street, No. 45: façade

Hume Street: general view

Hume Street, No. 9: façade

Hume Street: view of north west side of Ely Place

Henrietta Street, No. 13: doorcase

St. Stephen's Green, No. 41: façade

Showing the Fr Mathew statue in the centre foreground. On the street in front of the site is an ass-drawn advertising cart with notices for ‘Katie Sandwina (The Strongest Woman in the World) First Time in Ireland’.

Showing the site notice which reads ‘A Cinematograph Theatre/is being erected on this site/To seat 3,000 persons’. The builders are listed as Meagher & Hayes of Cork and Dublin, and the architect as ‘F.C. Mitchell L.R.I.B.A. London W.1’, with various contractors listed as follows: Steelwork: Messrs Blake & Co. Ltd, Sheffield. Heating & Ventilation: Messrs J. Jeffreys & Co. Ltd, London. Steel Casements: Messrs Critalls & Co. Ltd, London. Electrical Installation: Theatre Equipemnt LTd, Dublin. Lifts: Waygood Otis Ltd, London. Portland Stone: H. & J. Martin Ltd, Dublin. Stone Carving: William J. Greene, Dublin. Fibrous Plaster & Decoration: Alex Malcolm & Co. Ltd, Dublin. Seating & Furnishing: -, Dublin Plastering: -, Dublin Plumbing: -, Dublin. Sanitary Fittings: -, Dublin. Granite: Osborne & Brady, Ballyknocken, Wicklow.

Showing site clearance and ground works in progress. Visible are buildings on west side of O’Connell Street and Fr Mathew Statue, rear of recent completed building 11-13 Upper O’Connell Street on east side of O’Connell Street, top of Nelson’s Pillar, front of building on south side of Cathedral Street and rear of Pro-Cathedral. Large qualities of bricks from demolished structures remain stacked on site awaiting removal.

Savoy Cinema site works: façade stone work nearing completion

Showing the steelworks nearing completion. Also shows a crowd of onlookers.

[Photograph of houses on Eccles Street, Dublin.]

[Photograph of houses on Eccles Street, Dublin.]

[Photograph of houses on Eccles Street, Dublin.]

Shows the site notice in place.

Selection of 35mm slides from the collection of the School of Art History and Cultural Policy, focusing on the domestic architecture of eighteenth-century Dublin.

Henry Street, Dublin, showing side of G.P.O. after the bombardment

Leeson Street Lower, Nos. 49-50: doorcases

Merrion Square: general view of north side

Merrion Street: general view of east side

Merrion Square: view of south east corner

Merrion Square, No. 12: façade