The Easter Rising took place in Dublin ... This not only destroyed the buildings of the street, but ultimately forced the rebels holding the GPO to evacuate the building on Friday evening.

During the historic events of the 1916 Easter Rising, a group of rebels stormed some of Dublin's most prominent buildings in the quest for Irish freedom from the British colonial empire.

The Easter Rising took place in Dublin ... This not only destroyed the buildings of the street, but ultimately forced the rebels holding the GPO to evacuate the building on Friday evening.