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.

Trams are passing in front of the building on Inns Quay and people are strolling by in the foreground.

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).

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.

Panoramic view by W.D. Hogan of the Four Courts across the roof tops of Usher's Quay and Usher's Island. Smoke is billowing from the Public Record Office (not visible), partially obscuring the Four Courts; damage to the west wing is discernible; Nelson's pillar is silhouetted against the skyline to the east.(Date stamped 18 July).

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.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the Four Courts Hotel on Inns Quay with Irish Free State Army troops at its entrance and leaning out of the first floor windows. The spire of St Michan's church is visible behind the hotel.

Panoramic view by W.D. Hogan of the Public Record Office and the Four Courts across the roof tops of Usher's Quay and Usher's Island. Smoke is still billowing from the treasury of the PRO; damage to the west wing of the Four Courts is clearly discernible; Nelson's pillar is silhouetted against the sky to the east.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan possibly taken from Wellington Quay of the inhabitants of Dublin viewing the Four Courts possibly after the surrender of the republicans. People line the pavement along the quay looking at the damaged building in the distance; others hurry to get a view; bicycles are parked at the kerb; a woman and her dog stroll towards O'Connell Bridge.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of a ship docked at the quayside (in county Cork?). The ship is lined with Irish Free State Army soldiers and the quay is thronged with civilians.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the intersection between Henry Street and Mary Street, Dublin; the street is virtually deserted with just a small group of men beside Todd Burns store looking in the direction of the quays.

The photograph is probably by W.D. Hogan. One soldier is in the process of firing, the others stand at some distance mainly with their ears covered. (Similar photograph published in Michael Hopkinson's Green against Green (1988) with the following caption: ‘The opening shots of the Civil War, fired from Free State 18 pound field artillery supplied by the British Government. The gun was stationed at the junction of Bridge Street and Usher's Quay, just across the Liffey from the Four Courts'.