In the early years of the 20th century, Ireland was a place of conflict. In this interactive series, photographer David Cleary returns to locations captured on film a century ago and takes new photographs showing how those settings have changed - or not.
In this photo from the National Library of Ireland's collection, we see the devastation caused to Dublin's O'Connell Street by fighting in the 1916 Rising. The Hibernian Bank building at the corner of O'Connell Street and Abbey Street is completely destroyed apart from a corner of the facade. Today, apart from the statue of newspaper founder Sir John Grey, which still stands at the crossroads on the right of the image.
Original image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland
