General Post Office, Dublin
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The General Post Office is the former headquarters of An Post, the Irish postal service. It remains its registered office and the principal post office of Dublin, the capital city of Ireland. It is si
The Greek hexastyle portico of the General Post Office, completed in 1818. The royal coat of arms, similar to those at King's Inns and the Irish Houses of Parliament, was removed after independence.
The GPO in an engraving from about 1831
The shell of the GPO after the Rising; Nelson's Pillar can be seen on the right.
New Garda recruits march past the GPO, Tóstal 1954.
Easter Rising
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The Easter Rising, also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Irela
General Post Office, Dublin
…Street, the city's main thoroughfare. It is one of Ireland's most famous buildings, not least because it served as the headquarters of the leaders of the Easter Rising against British rule in Ireland. It was the last great Georgian public building to be erected in the capital. The foundation stone of the building…
Members of the Irish Citizen Army outside Liberty Hall, under the slogan "We serve neither King nor Kaiser, but Ireland"
The General Post Office in Dublin – the rebel headquarters
Positions of rebel and British forces in central Dublin