After the Truce the violence that had become commonplace during the War of Independence had all stopped, at least for the time being. The ordinary citizens could go about their business without the fear of walking into an ambush or other violent episodes. After years of wars, uprisings and blight of one kind or another an optimistic of not miraculous news story was greatly welcome.

During the clean up to the Custom House, which had stood in ruin since May of that year workers came across a cat, who had been locked in one of the cellars. Having no way of getting in or out of the basement of the building the workers believed that the lucky creature who had survived a total of 77 days, without food and practically no fresh air, was skin and bone barely able to stand on its four legs.

The foreman took it home, fed it and nursed it back to health. The cat made a full recovery.

The cat was taken home by the foreman to recover and is expected to survive. 

Sources

https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/cat-found-in-ruins-of-dublins-custom-house

Freeman’s Journal 16 August 1921