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“A Terrible Beauty Is Born”

Posted on May 15, 2014 by jpkenna

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 →

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Aftermath of the Easter Rising–The Executions Continue

Posted on May 6, 2014 by jpkenna

“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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