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Burning of the Custom House. On 25 May 1921, during the Irish War of Independence, the Custom House in Dublin was occupied and then burnt in an operation by the Irish Republican Army (IRA). The Custom House was the headquarters of the Local Government Board for Ireland, an agency of the British administration in Ireland, against which the IRA ...
A previous Custom House had been built in 1707 by engineer Thomas Burgh (1670–1730).However, by the late 18th century it was deemed unfit for purpose. [2]The building of a new Custom House for Dublin was the idea of John Beresford, who became the first commissioner of revenue for Ireland in 1780.
In May 1921, the IRA in Dublin attacked and burned the Custom House. The action was a serious setback as five members were killed and eighty captured. By the end of the war in July 1921, the IRA was hard-pressed by the deployment of more British troops into the most active areas and a chronic shortage of arms and ammunition.
Many of Dublin's finest buildings were destroyed at this time; the historic General Post Office (GPO) was a bombed out shell after the 1916 Rising; James Gandon's Custom House was burned by the IRA in the War of Independence, while one of Gandon's surviving masterpieces, the Four Courts had been seized by republicans and bombarded by the pro ...
The building pictured on the morning after the fire. The burning of the British Embassy in Dublin happened on 2 February 1972 at 39 Merrion Square. [1] [2] This occurred during demonstrations outside the chancery by a very large and angry crowd (estimates vary between 20,000 and 100,000 people), following the Bloody Sunday massacre in Derry on 30 January 1972, when the British Army's Parachute ...
On 25 May 1921, near the end of the Republic's guerrilla war, the Custom House was burned out by Dublin Brigade of the Irish Republican Army, destroying most of the Board's records. [10] [11] After Partition, in Northern Ireland the Board's functions passed to the Department of Home Affairs in 1921 and the Department of Health and Local ...
The Old Custom House, Dublin. The Custom House was a large brick and limestone building located at present-day Wellington Quay in Dublin, Ireland which operated as a custom house, hosting officials overseeing the functions associated with the import and export of goods to Dublin from 1707 until 1791. [1][2] It also served as the headquarters of ...
25 May – Irish War of Independence: The Irish Republican Army occupied and burned The Custom House in Dublin, the centre of local government in Ireland. Five IRA men were killed and over eighty captured by the British Army which surrounded the building. [5]