Title

The Four Courts, Dublin

Caption

The Four Courts, Dublin, Ireland, July 1922, (1935). 'The scene at the Four Courts in Dublin during the battle for their possession'. IRA members opposed to the terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 occupied the Four Courts in April 1922. In June, exasperated with the situation and under pressure from the British to resolve it, Michael Collins, leader of the Provisional Government of the Irish Free State, ordered the artillery bombardment of the Four Courts. From "The Silver Jubilee Book - The Story of 25 Eventful Years in Pictures". [Odhams Press Ltd., London, 1935]

Date

1935

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F24_007

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,3Mb (1,9Mb) / 13,5in x 17,3in / 4056 x 5193 (300dpi)

Keywords

buildings people male man men arts country law book guy British Ireland Irish Dublin war location Armed Forces century Britain soldiers thirties literature concept battle Four Courts twenties B&W street scene MONOCHROME Army barricade warfare bombarding bombing bombardment black & white black and white B W 1930s 1920s 20th century County Dublin IRA Irish Republican Army The Print Collector Irish Free State TGN photograph Unknown Odhams Press Ltd The Silver Jubilee Book photograph