Property Losses (Ireland) Committee
The Property Losses (Ireland) Committee was a committee established by the Dublin Castle administration in Ireland in 1916 to assess claims for damages to buildings and property as a result of destruction caused by the Easter Rising. Although principally concerned with claims from Dublin residents and businesses, the committee assessed claims associated with the insurrection from across Ireland. It considered damages resulting from the actions of British forces, Irish rebels and looters, with over 7,000 claims being investigated. The committee's final report was submitted to the British government on 7 April 1917, after which compensation grants were issued by HM Treasury on the committee's recommendation.
Ruins of the Metropole Hotel on Sackville Street, Dublin. A claim for £2,280 was submitted for the reconstruction of the building, with dozens of other claims for lost contents
A street barricade erected by the rebels in Dublin during the Rising. Many insurance claims were submitted which related to possessions lost in the construction of barricades
View of O'Connell Bridge, 1916, on a German postcard. The caption reads: Rising of the Sinn Feiners in Ireland. O'Connell bridge with Dublin city, where the fiercest clashes took place.
O'Connell Street is a street in the centre of Dublin, Ireland, running north from the River Liffey. It connects the O'Connell Bridge to the south with Parnell Street to the north and is roughly split into two sections bisected by Henry Street. The Luas tram system runs along the street.
Memorial to 19th-century leader Daniel O'Connell by John Henry Foley, which stands at the entrance to the street
Sackville Street and Gardiner's Mall in the 1750s
Sackville Street in 1842
View of the Pillar and General Post Office c. 1830
