A look at the devastation and destruction in Dublin city centre in the days following the Easter Rising of 1916.

The devastation following the Rising of Easter Week 1916 was visible on the streets of Dublin with much of the city in ruins. Presented here are photographs from key locations around Dublin city centre which show the damage caused to buildings as a result of the rebellion. Many of these photographs show the devastation on Sackville Street (now O'Connell Street) where much of the fighting took place. 

These photographs are taken from the Shard, Cashman and Murtagh photographic collections acquired by and held at RTÉ Archives.


Damage in O'Connell Street after the Easter Rising, 1916
Sackville Street, Dublin 1916 - RTÉ Shard Collection 

O'Connell Street destruction, after the Easter Rising (1916)
Sackville Street, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Cashman Collection

The GPO O'Connell Street (1916)
The GPO, Sackville Street, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Cashman Collection

Destruction of the King's Inns (1916)
Destruction of the King's Inns, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Cashman Collection

Destruction of Liberty Hall (1916)
Destruction of Liberty Hall, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Cashman Collection 

The Dublin Bread Company, after the Easter Rising (1916)
The Dublin Bread Company (1916) - RTÉ Cashman Collection 

Ruins of Linenhall Barracks, Dublin, in the wake of the Easter Rising (1916)
Ruins of Linenhall Barracks, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Cashman Collection

Mansfield's Corner after the Easter Rising (1916)
Mansfield's Corner after the Easter Rising (1916) - RTÉ Cashman Collection 

The Imperial Hotel on O'Connell Street, after the Easter Rising (1916)
The Imperial Hotel on O'Connell Street, Dublin after the Easter Rising (1916) - RTÉ Cashman Collection 

Imperial Hotel, Dublin (1916)
Imperial Hotel, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection 

Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (1916)
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection  

Eason's on Lower Sackville Street, Dublin (1916)
Eason's on Lower Sackville Street, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection

Eason's on Middle Abbey Street, Dublin (1916)
Eason's on Middle Abbey Street, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection

A sign for Frederick Higginbotham, an architect and civil engineer located at 9 Lower Sackville Street in Dublin city (1916)
Sign for Frederick Higginbotham, Architect and Civil Engineer located at 9 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection

Munster and Leinster Bank, Dublin (1916)
Munster and Leinster Bank, 30 Lower Sackville Street,  Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection 

Lower Sackville Street, Dublin (1916)
Lower Sackville Street, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection

Ruins of DBC Luncheon Rooms, Dublin (1916)
Ruins of DBC Luncheon Rooms, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection 

Lower Sackville Street, Dublin (1916)
Lower Sackville Street, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection 

Sackville Street, Dublin (1916)
Sackville Street, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection

Newspaper Vendor Outside the GPO after Easter Rising (1916)
Newspaper Vendor Outside the GPO, Sackville Street, Dublin (1916) - RTÉ Murtagh Collection

Explore 1916

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