TDF Historic / Iconic / Amazing pic thread

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Dublin 1920-22

If these don't come up tell me so I won't waste an hour putting up blanks


Soldiers at Richmond barracks


British troops prior to excavation


Labour leaders investigating hunger strike


YMCA and other buildings on fire during the Civil war

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Custom House on fire


Cortege passing through O'Connell Street on the way to Glasnevin for Collins funeral


Collins lying in state, City Hall


Flag being paced on the coffin

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Cortege passing through O'Connell Street on the way to Glasnevin for Collins funeral


Treaty plenipotentiaries departing for London from Dun Laoghaire


Ruins of the Gresham


Evacuation of British troops

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Collins leaving Earlsfort Terrace after the treaty ratification meeting


Griffith, Collins & Cosgrave


General Sean MacEoin hoists the flag over Custume Barracks, Athlone, following takeover


Members of the 1916 Four Courts Garrison
Taken in 1966

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Assassination of Kevin O'Higgins, scene of shooting, Blackrock

Few good ones of Cork here but they're pretty small. Pure dose.
My internet skills aren't advanced enough to make them the same size as the others. If anyone can blow these up please do


Collins walking into the Mansion House for negotiations


Police and Auxiliaries taking wounded to hospital after attack on Custom House


Group of people outside the Free State Army headquaters in Cork city, the Imperial Hotel. The military barracks had been destroyed by the Republicans]

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Michael Collins addressing a meeting


Major General Ennis (with Thompson gun) and Comdt. McCreagh disembarking from the Lady Wicklow at Passage West


(Intact) Carnegie Free Library building in Cork:
destroyed during the fire which gutted the entire business section of the city


Detachment of troops at Passage West about to start the march to Cork


Some of the first of the Free State troops to arrive in Cork city after the Republicans decide to retreat from the city


American Committee for Relief in Ireland with a view of Blarney Castle in background


The ruins of Patrick Street, Cork, after it had been destroyed by fire

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Facade of Sunner's Pharmaceutical and Dispensing Chemist at 31 Patrick Street, Cork, destroyed by the Black and Tans

Bloody typical. No problem with the Dublin pics........


British troops at Dublin docks during the evacuation


Soldiers near Nelson pillar during the Civil war


Damaged Four Courts

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Rear of the damaged Four Courts


Main hall of the four courts


British soldiers examining guns


Building on fire, O'Connell Street


Coffin of Michael Collins leaving the Pro-Cathedral


Mail boat departing with the treaty plenipotentiaries


Building collapses on O'Connell Street


De Valera on board with other plenipotentiaries on the boat to England

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Custom House on fire


Custom House under reconstruction


British troops prior to evacuation


Crowds watching the cortege move through the streets


Arthur Griffiths remains leaving the Pro-Cathedral

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Ruins of the Granville Hotel


Earht being shovelled on to Michael Collins coffin


Soldiers at Richmond Barracks

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WT Cosgrave at Collins graveside


Collins with COL. Joe O'Reilly arriving at Earlsfort Terrace


Collins at his ruined home at Clonakilty


Civilian line up

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Group of people near the place where Kevin Barry was captured


Barrack Square, Cork:
the military barracks destroyed by fire


Free State troops welcomed to the city of Cork after their arrival at Passage West


The arrival of the Free State troops in Cork


Republican prisoners on board a Free State troop ship about to depart Cork for Dublin, saying goodbye to friends


Distributing rifles to Free State recruits at Passage West, Cork


Facade of Sunner's Pharmaceutical and Dispensing Chemist at 31 Patrick Street, Cork, destroyed by the Black and Tans


The ruins of Patrick Street, Cork, after it had been destroyed by fire and the Black and Tans

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Explosion at the Four Courts


O'Connell Street battle, July 1922:
Irregulars had surrendered from the Four Courts, cleared to O' Connell St. and took over all hotels (Gresham, Hammon[?] and Granville), and surrendered after several days setting fire to all hotels


Soldiers on board ship watching land for snipers as they approach Passage West, Cork


Crowds in Cork city welcome back Free State troops after their arrival in Passage West, Cork


Four Courts


British troops with guns at North Wall during the evacuation


Troops searching a breadvan for arms


Dublin in ruins after the 1916 rising

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Removing the casket of president Arthur Griffith from the Pro-Cathedral, Dublin:
"X" marks Michael Collins shouldering the remains some few days before his own death


The burning of Cork


British troops marching during the evacuation


Dublin after the 1916 rising



Treaty ratification meeting at Dail Eireann


Crowd outside St. Vincent's Hospital following the assassination of Michael Collins


Michael Collins' remains being carried down the steps of St. Vincent's Hospital

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Cortege passing government buildings


Michael Collins' coffin being placed on the gun-carriage outside the Mansion House


Coffin of Kevin O'Higgins being carried from the Mansion House to a gun carriage following his lying in state


A prayer vigil at Downing Street, London while Eamon de Valera was meeting with British Prime Minister David Lloyd George


British troops barricade City Hall


Clanwilliam House and scene of Mount Street Bridge battle


wonunded soldier being attended to during the civil war


Armoured car in Dublin city centre

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Cortege passing through O'Connell Street on the way to Glasnevin for the burial of Michael Collins


Collins coffin leaving the Pro Cathedral


St. Johns ambulance outside the GPO

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Cortege leaving the Pro Cathedral for the burial of Michael Collins


Crowds on Merrion Street for Collins funeral




Dignitories outside the Mansion House following the lying in state of Kevin O'Higgins

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Republican prisoners captured during the attack on Passage West being marched to the Cork Gaol for detention


British soldiers searching trains on Kerry line for republicans


Black and Tans holding a group of civilians in readiness to search them:
off Gardiner Street, Dublin


Free State troops removing a heavy gun from the boat at Passage West. Cork


British troops on the streets


Harry Boland at Croke Park


Crowd gathered outside Earlsfort Terrace during Treaty ratification meeting


Harry Boland, Michael Collins and Eamon De Valera at second session First Dáil Eireann, Mansion House

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Evacuation of British troops


Troops in car near Dublin castle


British soldier lying dead


Funeral procession of Kevin O'Higgins on Dawson Street, Dublin


Upper O'Connell Street during the Civil War


Military on duty at Custom House


British soldiers outside Liberty Hall


Cortege passing through O'Connell Street on the way to Glasnevin for the burial of Michael Collins

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WT Cosgrave at the funeral procession of Kevin O'Higgins


People salvaging material from Victoria Barracks, Cork, after it had been destroyed by the Republicans


Attempt at destroying Parnell Bridge, Cork, hampering movement of Free State troops into the city


Peace delegates, including De Valera:
arriving at Dún Laoghaire, home from a conference in London


The view of the burning of Cork after the black & tans


Michael Collins entering the Pro Cathedral for the funeral of Arthur Griffiths


Troops near Dublin castle


Collins being carried in Glasnevin cemetery

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Talbot Street deserted during the Civil war


Damaged Four Courts


Crowds at Trinity College waiting for the Collins cortege to pass


Mrs. O'Callaghan, widow of the Mayor of Limerick who was shot:
Mrs. Mary MacSweeney, sister of Terence who died on hunger strike attending the Treaty debates, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin


Peace meeting at Mansion House, Dublin:
Gen. Mulcready, Commander-in-Chief, British Forces entering the Mansion House


Lord French arriving at Dublin Castle for Irish government take over


British troops barricade City Hall


O'Connell Street during the Civil War