Collection of 1916 Rebellion Postcards Letters 1916-1923

This work was originally published by Maynooth University in Ireland in 2017. In 2026 this data, stored in a relational database was extracted and converted into this TEI/XML document.

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This is a collection of postcards produced in the aftermath of the Easter Rising showing staged images of British troops at barricades and scenes of destruction around the city. These postcards come from the Daily Sketch series that was published after the Rising by Easons.

 Claire Missen Private Collection https://letters1916.ie/item/5915 English Easter Rising Ireland 1916

The data in these XML files was generated based on a data dump from the Magellan database (https://github.com/Maynooth-Center-for-Digital-Humanities/Magellan). Each database record has been converted to a JSON file (https://github.com/letters1916static/letters-data/tree/main/json). The element section of the JSON file contains the TEI-encoded contents of the letters. The TEI XML has been cleaned and made well-formed using a Python script (https://github.com/letters1916static/letters-data/tree/main/src).

 Irish Rebellion, May, 1916.Holding a Dublin street against the Rebels. Irish Rebellion May 1916. Guarding one of the Dublin Streets. Irish Rebellion, May, 1916. Ruined Sackville Street, Dublin, barricaded with Motor Cars. Arrest of Edmund Kent, at 4 a.m. He was subsequently shot. Irish Rebellion, May, 1916. Henry Street, Dublin, after the shelling of the Rebels. Irish Rebellion, May, 1916. The interior of the Ballroom, Imperial Hotel, Dublin, after the Siege. Irish Rebellion, May, 1916. Soldiers bivouacking opposite Liberty Hall, the Rebel Headquarters in Dublin. Irish Rebellion, May, 1916. Sackville Street in Flames. A photograph taken by a 'Daily Sketch' Photographer under fire. Irish Rebellion, May, 1916. Sackville Street in ruins. Irish Rebellion, May, 1916. Searching a hay-cart for Rebels or Ammunition. Irish Rebellion, May, 1916. Talbot Street, Dublin, held against a rebel charge. Picture taken under fire.