After the insurrection: burning ruins in Upper Sackville Street

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

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

The Provincial Bank of Ireland, 37 O'Connell Street Upper, constructed by G. & T. Crampton in 1921-1922. The architects were Batchelor & Hicks. The building is now an AIB branch.

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.

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

Showing Portland stone finished to first-floor level, scaffold and steelworks.

Savoy Cinema site works: façade stone work nearing completion

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

Includes a partial drawing of the cinema façade.

Shows the site notice in place.