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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

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