The Property Losses 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 cause
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.
William Martin Murphy
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William Martin Murphy was an Irish businessman, newspaper publisher and politician. A member of parliament representing Dublin from 1885 to 1892, he was dubbed "William Murder Murphy" among the Irish
Property Losses (Ireland) Committee
…for transport to furniture used for the construction of street barricades. In early May 1916 in the immediate aftermath of the Rising, businessman William Martin Murphy established the Dublin Fire and Property Losses Association alongside business interests and property owners. The association met in Mansion House…
Murphy, c. 1911
The Vulture of Dartry Hall, a contemporary satirical depiction