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.

A group of people standing outside some buildings most of which have been destroyed by fire. A church tower is in the background. The caption reads ‘Creamery at hospital. Labour Commission's visit'.

Photograph of a burned out tender on a desolate and wet country road being examined by a man in civilian dress.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

Irish rebellion May 1916: soldiers holding a Dublin street

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

After the insurrection: ruins of Eden Quay

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 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 by W.D. Hogan of an Irish Free State Army soldier sitting on guard with his rifle on the breached wall of a large building; the building has sustained extensive damage to its outer stone wall; part of the ground and first floor is visible as are two other soldiers in the background of the building's interior.

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

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the long rear façade of a three storey, burned-out barracks; the walls and chimney stacks are standing; the façade shows heat and smoke damage; the remains of furnishings lie on what might have been a tennis court in the foreground.

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

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the ruins of a building showing the remains of two floors; internal walls have been largely destroyed; extensive debris including bricks and wooden beams are lying around in addition to a substantial quantity of granite blocks, possibly from the outside wall.

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).

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the interior of a prison showing three floors, two with mezzanine catwalks outside the cells; the cell doors are open and the ground is littered with mattresses and blankets (date stamped 25 July).

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of two men in makeshift uniform contemplating the ruins of some machinery; one carries a pistol; the wall of the room shows extensive damage from gunfire.

Photograph by W.D. Hogan of the interior of a room containing debris and bits of metal.

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.

Façade of a burned out house at Kilmichael, county Cork. The interior has been gutted and the roof has collapsed. A hen is standing outside the house. Sheets of corrugated iron lie around the ground from what was originally the porch. The caption reads ‘House smashed by Aux[illiaries] after Kilmichael ambush (right on spot of ambush)'.

The steel girders have remained largely intact.

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 of the interior of a house showing damage to the walls, furnishings and to a statue.

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.

Photograph of an early Linotype which has suffered extensive damage; bits of the press are scattered on the floor (possibly the offices of the Cork Examiner newspaper offices which were destroyed by the IRA on August 1922).

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

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

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

Sinn Fein rebellion, 1916: wrecked shops in Sackville Street, Dublin