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“A Terrible Beauty Is Born”
General Sir John Maxwell’s decision to quash even the thought of rebellion in Ireland–by sending 16 men to the firing squad, mostly young men, among them poets and teachers–had the unintended consequence of shifting world opinion of the 1916 … Continue reading
Posted in Easter Rebellion, history, Ireland, Irish poetry, love, writing
Tagged Cathal Brugha, Countess Markeivicz, Eamon de Valera, Eoin MacNeill, Grace Gifford Plunkett, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Irish Republic, Michael Collins, Robert Montieth, Roger Casement, William Butler Yeats
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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
Posted in Easter Rebellion, history, Ireland, labor, writing
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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