Dublin GPO building (General Post Office) in O'Connell Street.
Originally constructed between 1814-18, the GPO is located on O'Connell Street - the capital's main thoroughfare.
The rooftop statues represent Fidelity, Hibernia & Mercury.
The building was the center of the 1916 Easter Rising.
The Irish Declaration of Independence - & Proclamation of the Irish Republic was first announced there by Pádraig Pearse in April 1916. During the insurrection the building was shelled by British artillery & a gunboat on the Liffey, It remained gutted and in a derelict state for several years afterwards.
The GPO building was restored during the 1920's when Ireland became a Free State & secured Independence from Britain in 1922.
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