Impression sketch
of Pearse and Nurse O'Farrell surrender to the British. Taken from a still of
TV production 'Insurrection' 1966 [online] See original image at: <http://www.anphoblacht.com/contents/25819>
[Accessed: 29 April 2016]
Saturday 29 April - Cracks of Surrender
i
Saturday began as
Friday ended -
Staffordshires
make
Dawn charge of
Reilly's fort to be
Cut down under fire
From various
directions - snipers
Remain on eager watch;
A silent Moore
street is death trap.
Plans are unfolded
by McLoughlin.
A diversion fight
Was to allow others
to make run
For the Four
Courts -
Terrace houses
have become
A front line fortress
As a plan is
asked of a charge.
Exhausted the
ranks are split
Many are willing
Still to go on,
as others lack any
Such ability -
with
Early hours of
daylight situations
At each holdout
Despite hardships,
are standing firm.
Civilians,
nothing to do with either
Side continue to
get
Court in
crossfire - a girl is mistakenly
Shot - while a
family
Holding a white flag
are gunned down;
Any kind of
movement
Real or imagined
was being shot at.
Staffordshire’s
make chase of rebels
Fleeing Reilly's
Fort -
Which is stopped
from being taken
From a gun
position
Mounted in a
bakery - mid day and
A nurse from
rebel HQ
Carrying a white
flag is nearly shot.
The Nurse reaches
British barricade.
About pockets of
attack
And counter
attacks, while injured
And dead cover
streets,
The dire
situation had driven out
Nurse Elizabeth
Farrell
And Patrick Pearse
in change of heart.
ii
The two stand
before General Lowe.
Under cover,
terms
Of surrender
began to be discussed.
Mid afternoon
finds
Nurse Farrell
return to Moore Street
HQ to pass on
orders -
Leader Connolly emerges
on a stretcher.
The wounded leader
is very carefully
Carried over
barricade -
Acceptance of the
rebel leaders bravery
Is silently respected.
Hours shift on
and Nurse Farrell plays
A further part, while
Delivering surrender
order to Ned Daly.
With volunteers
together in Four
Courts, Daly
informs
Them of surrender
- their surprise
Prompts arguments,
That they could
hold out much longer.
Bridewell roof
snipers
Are given word - initially
they refuse.
Further orders
are given - the men
Reluctantly put
down
Their arms - 7p.m.
passes, Sackville
Street complies
To finally give
selves up; McLoughlin
Whose order to
rebels
To deposit arms, markedly
enrages
General Lowe, who
Had said leave
arms on Moore Street.
Pockets of
defiance still existed
About the city
while
Treatment of
exhausted prisoners
Held by infantry
varied
From indifference,
while some
Handle them roughly;
Others were
considerate captors.
by Jamie Mann.
Source: File: The Irish Times: An Easter Rising
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April 2016]
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Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie
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