The remains of the Dublin Bread Company at 6-7 Lower Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street) after the Easter Rising in 1916.

I saw this image in the NLI collection on Flickr and was captivated. The comments thread on the site is well worth reading too. Almost 100 years ago.

Source: National Library of Ireland via the Flickr Commons. Public domain.

• 2 months ago

• history
• twentieth century history
• irish history
• british history
• easter rising
• black and white
• photography
• archive photographs
• national library of ireland
• flickr commons

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    Thanks! I love these photos.

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