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Picture showing the corner of O’Connell Street at the right side of the bridge. ‘Sinn Féin Rebellion Corner of Sackville Street, Dublin Before and After.’

This picture shows Sackville Street (now O’Connell Street) before and after the 1916 Rising. Like many documents of the period, it refers to the Rising as the Sinn Féin Rebellion. Sinn Féin had nothing to do with the Rising, though nationalists flooded into the party as public opinion turned against British rule.