Is túisce deoch ná scéal.

Theobald Wolfe Tone

National Army soldiers searching through the remains of a fire at the Rotunda Rink, Parnell Square, which was the sorting office of the General Post Office, Dublin. The Irish Times of Monday, 6 November 1922 contained this report of the event: "The Rotunda Rink Post Office, Dublin, was destroyed by fire yesterday morning. At about 6.40 o'clock armed men compelled a watchman to admit them at the western gate. The officials on duty were ordered into a small room, and later were escorted into Lower Dominick street, when they were instructed to walk towards the Broadstone Station. In the meanwhile, other men entered the Rink with tins of petrol, with which they saturated the floors, and, when their preparations were complete, set the place on fire. Within an hour, despite the efforts of the fire brigade to extinguish the flames, the Rink was a mass of smouldering ashes and twisted ironwork. The destruction of the Rink has resulted in the loss of a great quantity of correspondence. There will be only two deliveries in the city today, but to-morrow there will be three. The postal authorities, apparently, intend to use Banba Hall as a temporary sorting office." Date: 5 November 1922

Date: 27 August 1922

Date: 28 August 1922

Armoured Car, Passage West, Cork. This photo appeared in the Sunday Independent on 13 August 1922, with the caption: "A Dangerous Corner - This photograph was taken in one of the towns captured during the past week by the National Army. It shows an armoured car "manoeuvring for position" at the end of a street facing the post office. Irregulars occupy the further end of the street, and are being quickly dislodged by infantry supported by the armoured car."  

Date: 16 August 1922

Date: 22 July 1922

Thanks to everyone involved, but ultimately, we have to thank Siulach who commented: "According to the Irish Independent, April 3, 1922, the Dublin City Brigade I.R.A. paraded at Smithfield on the 2nd "under officers who recognise the Executive established as a result of the recent Convention", and were addressed by Oscar Traynor, Rory O'Connor and F[rank] Henderson."

Date: Friday 21 or Saturday 22 July 1922

Date: 30 June 1922

Date: Wednesday, 5 July 1922

Free State troops on board a ship bound for a secret destination during the Irish Civil War.