Four Courts Conflagration

The four courts in dublin during the battle of dublin. The building had been taken over by anti-treaty forces on the date 14 april 1922. Bombarded by national army forces on 28 and 29 june, a huge explosion of stored munitions on 30 june destroyed the public records office, and with it a huge swathe of irish cultural memory. Date: 30 june 1922 nli ref. : hog57. Date: 30 June 1922, 13:38:33.