'Irish Rebellion, May 1916. The wreck they made of Church Street, Dublin', 1916

Postcard by Eason and Sons for the Daily Sketch, Ireland (1916-1922), 1916.

British soldiers clear a barricade from Church Street. The Easter Rising (1916) witnessed bloody fighting. British losses were 120 killed and nearly 400 wounded. Around 60 men from the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army were killed during the revolt. Over 180 civilians also died.