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Online talk | Capital witness: photographs of Dublin during the Civil War, 1922-1923

An NLI talk for the Dublin Festival of History
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Price Free
O'Connell Street battle, July 1922: Title taken from inscription written on mount underneath print.

Hogan Wilson Collection: HOGW 60

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Join NLI curator, Elizabeth Kirwan for this overview of the National Library’s photographic collections.

As Ireland’s capital city, Dublin witnessed many aspects of the Irish Civil War, 1922-1923.  This talk will highlight a selection of original photographs of Dublin taken during 1922-1923 from the NLI’s historic collections.  These photographs reflect a turbulent and bitter period of National history, and the role of Dublin in the evolution of the Irish Free State