GPO Dublin Ireland & O'Connell street photographs

Constructed between 1814-18, the GPO (General Post Office) building which was at the center of the 1916 Easter Rising is located on O'Connell Street - the capital's main thoroughfare. 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.
The rooftop statues represent Fidelity, Hibernia & Mercury.

Dublin GPO building on O'Connell Street
Dublin GPO building (General Post Office) on O'Connell Street.

GPO Dublin, in O'Connell street O'Connell Street Dublin city Ireland & historic GPO building
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Dublin GPO after Irish Easter uprising 1916
GPO Dublin 1916,
after the Easter Uprising.

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