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Aftermath of the Easter Rising, May 7-10, 1916

Posted on May 8, 2014 by jpkenna

“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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Aftermath of the Easter Rising- Executions, May 3,1916

Posted on May 3, 2014 by jpkenna

“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 →

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