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The Easter Rising, 1916. The Final Executions, May 12
Thursday, May 11 After visiting Connolly that afternoon, Father Aloysius prayed there would be no more executions. How could there be? Already there were voices—some mere murmurs, others growing strident—beginning to sound throughout Ireland, indicating a shift in … Continue reading
Aftermath of the Easter Rising, May 7-10, 1916
“If you were not so dense and so stupid, as some of you English people are, you could have had these men fighting for you…” -John Dillon, Irish Nationalist Party, British House of Commons Sunday, May 7, 1916 Eamonn … Continue reading
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Tagged 1916, Con Colbert, Eamon de Valera, Eamonn Kent, Easter Rising, Executions, George Bernard Shaw, Home Rule, House of Commons, Irish Nationalist Party, James Connolly, John Dillon, John Redmond, Michael Mallin, Prime Minister H. Asquith, Roger Casement, Sean Heuston, Sean McDermott, Skeffy Skeffington
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Aftermath of the Easter Rising–The Executions Continue
“When I’m finished, there’ll be no treason even whispered in Ireland for the next 100 years.” –General John Maxwell, British Army Thursday, May 4, 1916 Soon after midnight, Ned Daly received a visit in his cell from sisters Kattie … Continue reading
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Tagged Capuchin Friars, Cardinal James Gibbons, General John Maxwell, Joe Plunket, Kilmainham Jail, Major John MacBride, Maud Gonne, Michael O'Hanrahan, Ned Daly, Stonebreakers' Yard, William Butler Yeats, Willie Pearse, Woodrow Wilson
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Aftermath of the Easter Rising- Executions, May 3,1916
“Those in power write the history, while those who suffer write the songs, and, given our history, we have an awful lot of songs.” –Irish balladeer Frank Harte Tuesday, May 2, 1916 When informed of the shooting of “Skeffy” … Continue reading
Easter Rising, 1916- Days 5, 6, and 7
Mike Scanlon’s journal entries continue: Friday, April 28, 1916 It’s painfully plain that the rising is not spreading outside of Dublin. There is no Irish Brigade made up of German-held P.O.W.s, there are no German arms, and the majority … Continue reading
Easter Rising, 1916- Days 2, 3, and 4
Mike Scanlon’s journal entries continue, written in faraway Seattle, Washington, as he followed the events of that long-ago but not-forgotten week. Tuesday, April 25, 1916 Outside the General Post Office (G.P.O.) looms Nelson’s Pillar—obstructing Sackville Street, as it has for … Continue reading
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Tagged Augustine Birell, Capt. Bowen-Colthurst, Cathal Brugha, Citizens' Army, Cuchulain, Dublin General Post Office, Eamon de Valera, Easter Rising, General Sir John Maxwell, Irish Home Rule, James Connolly, John Redmond, Michael Collins, Patrick Pearse, Sean McDermott, Skeffy Skeffington, Transport Workers' Union
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April 24, 1916- Easter Monday
Mike Scanlon continues in his journal: Easter Monday is a holiday in Ireland, marking the second day of the ending of Lent, the end of self-induced prohibitions from such activities as drinking, gambling and smoking. By all reports the weather … Continue reading
Countdown to an Uprising- Easter week,1916
Mike Scanlon–worker, wanderer and dreamer–kept an informal journal during his years spent out West. In spring of 1916 he was working in the engine room of the Hyak, one of the Seattle-based “mosquito fleet” of small steamboats plying the waters … Continue reading
A Prelude to the Easter Rising, 1916. Pt. 2
28-year-old Mary Scanlon continues her narrative letter of March 31, 1916, to her brother Mike in Seattle. With longtime family associate Steve O’Hanlon, she is in the office of John Devoy–New York-based Irish revolutionary. An imminent uprising against British rule … Continue reading
A Prelude to the Easter Rising, 1916. Pt. 1
This coming week marks the 98th anniversary of the Irish Easter Rebellion, also known as the Rising. Following is an excerpt from a letter, dated March 31, 1916, sent by 28-year-old Mary Scanlon–of Riverport, New Jersey–to her older brother Mike, … Continue reading
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