2 - Military Raid, Harcourt Street, Dublin

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Military Raid, Harcourt Street, Dublin

Black and white print; manuscript

A photograph of a raid by the British military on the offices of the Sinn Féin Bank at 6 Harcourt Street in Dublin on 12 September 1919. The photograph is credited to Daniel Lennon, 7 St Alban’s Road, Dublin. Lennon annotated the print with a caption which reads ‘Following the proclamation of the City of Dublin by Lord French in September 1919 a raid was carried on No. 6 Harcourt St[reet] Dublin, Sinn Féin headquarters, on 12th September 1919. Photo shows raid in progress. Note the painters continuing their work unperturbed’.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition