1916 Easter Rising Postcards & Ephemera

In the aftermath of the 1916 Easter Rising a number of companies issued a series of postcards illustrating the destruction caused to the capital and images of the leaders and participants in the rebellion.

Daily Sketch Series

Sackville Street in Ruins

Daily Sketch 1a

Daily Sketch 1b

Ruined Sackville Street-Barricaded with Motor Cars

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Daily Sketch 2b

Holding a Dublin Street against the Rebels

Daily Sketch 3a

Daily Sketch 3b

Talbot Street Dublin held against a Rebel Charge

Daily Sketch 4a

Daily Sketch 4b

The interior of the Ballroom, Imperial Hotel Dublin after the siege

Daily Sketch 5a

Daily Sketch 5b

The Wreck they made of Church Street Dublin

Daily Sketch 6a

Daily Sketch 6b

Liberty Hall Dublin, the Rebel Headquarters after the Storming

Daily Sketch 7a

Daily Sketch 7b

Soldiers holding a Dublin Street

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Daily Sketch 8b

Guarding one of the Dublin Streets

Daily Sketch 9a

Daily Sketch 9b

Arrest of Edmund Kent at 4 am. He was subsequently shot

Daily Sketch 10a

Daily Sketch 10b

Soldiers bivouacking opposite Liberty Hall the Rebel Headquarters in Dublin

Daily Sketch 11a

Daily Sketch 11b

The General Post Office Dublin Rebel Headquarters destroyed

Daily Sketch 12a

Daily Sketch 12b

Sackville Street in Ruins

Daily Sketch 13a

Daily Sketch 13b

Liberty Hall Dublin the Rebel Headquarters after the storming

Daily Sketch 14a

Daily Sketch 14b

Valentine Series

Hotel Metropole and Post Office Dublin-Before and After

Valentines 1a

Valentines 1b

Sackville Street Dublin-Before and After

Valentines 2a

Valentines 2b

Sackville Street Dublin-Before and After

Valentines 3a

Valentines 3b

Hotel Metropole and Post Office Dublin

Valentines 4a

Valentines 4b

D.B.C. Sackville Street Dublin

Valentines 5a

Valentines 5b

Ruins of Sackville Street Dublin

Valentines 6a

Valentines 6b

A pair of Christmas Cards from 1948 and 1952 sent by the Second President of Ireland Seán T. O’Ceallaigh and his wife Phyllis to the Mayor of Galway, Joseph J. Costello. They were printed by the Three Candles Press in Dublin and pay tribute to Seán Mac Diarmada and Joseph Plunkett.

christmas card 1948 1

christmas card 1948 2

christmas card 1952 1

christmas card 1952 2

Old Framed Photograph of Seán South

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