A man lying with closed eyes in a bed


Photograph of a man (possibly dead or wounded) lying with closed eyes in a bed. His nose is bandaged.

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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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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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An Irish Free State Army soldier lying on a road aiming a weapon


Photograph by W.D. Hogan of an Irish Free State Army soldier lying, aiming a weapon, with his back to the camera.

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Irish Free State Army soldiers adopting defensive positions on a country road


Photograph by W.D. Hogan of a small group of Irish Free State Army soldiers adopting defensive positions at the verge of a country road facing the hedgerow; others are taking up position beside a truck further along the road; two other men at the side of the road wear civilian dress and are crouching down out of the line of fire.

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Irish Free State Army soldiers crouched in firing position with rifles pointed


Photograph by W.D. Hogan of two Irish Free State Army soldiers crouched in firing position with rifles pointed; they are positioned in a street beside an alley way.

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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 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 boy with bare feet standing on the window ledge of a burned out house


Photograph of a boy with bare feet standing on the window ledge of a completely burned out house.

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Front porch of an imposing building which has been heavily fortified with sandbags


Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the front porch of an imposing building which has been heavily fortified with sandbags; an Irish Free State Army soldier is standing on guard; three others are peeping over the sandbags.

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The Four Courts façade: view across the Liffey from Merchants' Quay showing damage


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.

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The Four Courts: view across the roof tops of Usher's Quay and Usher's Island


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).

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Front façade of a burned out barracks


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.

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Two young boys, one with a rifle, protecting a bread van


Photographs of two young boys, one with a rifle, protecting a bread van; the horse-drawn van bears the slogan Machine made bread and contains batch loaves; a barricade at the end of the street is visible in the background.

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A street in a country town with a series of burned out building in the background


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.

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A barricade across a cobbled street


Photograph of a barricade across a cobbled street consisting of an assortment of farm machinery, barbed wire, a cart with the legend T McGrath and a barrel bearing the name Pierce; a large group of onlookers stands in the background outside a shop called J. O'Donnell and Co, City Saddlery; people are looking out of upper windows; a badly damaged building is just visible on the left.

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A man in civilian clothes standing beside an armoured car in a city street


Photograph by the Central News Ltd, London, of a man in civilian clothes standing beside an armoured car in a city street; a group of people look on from the distance. The photograph is accompanied by a letter from S D Buckley of the Central News Agency to Desmond FitzGerald, Director of Publicity, requesting him to forward the photograph to the man pictured whom he identifies as the “driver of the car”.

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Free State Army soldiers in defensive position along a bank at the side of a road


Photograph by W.D. Hogan of four Irish Free State Army soldiers in defensive position along a bank at the side of a road; three are aiming their rifles, the fourth is perched on the top of the bank and is peering through binoculars.

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Irish Free State Army members in offensive position on the stairs of a building, possibly a private house


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.

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Irish Free State Army soldiers standing in defensive position facing a fortified wall


Photograph of four Irish Free State Army soldiers standing in defensive position facing a fortified wall which abuts onto a street; three are pointing their rifles through apertures; the fourth has turned to the camera and is smiling broadly.

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A large group of people standing in front of a wooden hut with a sign Athletic Club


Photograph of a large group of people, mainly children, standing in front of a wooden hut with a sign Athletic Club; a row of terraced houses is in the background; the accompanying Publicity Department caption identifies the group as Catholics who were refugees from their own home which has been looted and burned and were now being accommodated in makeshift huts.

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A family loading furniture onto a handcart outside a terraced house


Photograph of a family loading furniture onto a handcart outside a terraced house; one of the children is barefoot; further up the street furniture has been loaded onto a horse drawn cart outside another house.

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Free State Army soldiers in defensive position beside an imposing building


Photograph of two Irish Free State Army soldiers in defensive position beside an imposing building; both are standing in the entrance of what is possibly a coal hole under street level; the location has been damaged but fortified with sandbags.

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