Impression sketch
of Doctor Kathleen Lynn.
[online] See original image at: <http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/1916-diary-of-rebel-doctor-kathleen-lynn-1.2583254.jpg>
[Accessed: 7 May 2016]
By travelling
courier news,
The exchange Telegraph
Company received
details
From Dublin’s
recent siege.
Confirmation how rebellious
Sinn Feiners had
gained
German and
Austrian support,
Was in arrest of
an activist.
Wearing uniform
of a Dual
Monarchy an Austrian
Officer was
discovered in
The burning GPO surrendered.
Another two Austrians
Were also arrested, within
A house of Balls
Bridge area -
They had been
making bombs.
Among arrests in City Hall
Was a fighter
with bandolier
Of cartridges and
revolver -
Being Doctor Kathleen
Lynn.
In her return
from USA
As a trained medic to become
Chief medical
officer of the
Easter rising, she
was defiant.
In their identification during
Arrest, Doctor Lynn
described
Herself as a Red Cross Doctor,
As well as a conscious belligerent.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916.
Austrian Officer Captured. The Daily Telegraph, [online] 4 May 1916. P.9. Col.5. Available at:
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12209623/Daily-Telegraph-May-4-1916.html> [Accessed: 7 May 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie
Mann. [letter] (Personal communication, 7 May 2016).
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