Source: File: The
Easter Rising 1916 (real footage of aftermath). [online]:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cew_ZLgi3Cc> (PD-US) [Accessed: 30
April 2016]
Impression sketch Nurse Elizabeth O'Farrell. [online] See original image at: <http://www.thejournal.ie/eirebrushed-play-1428985-Apr2014/> [Accessed: 30 April 2016]
Sunday - Surrender with Hope
From radical
nationalist efforts
Dublin city
centre
Lay in ruins -
beaten to rubble
By the British
army.
As the sun rose on
Sunday
30 April 1916,
Citizens emerged,
sifting debris.
Yet events of
past few days were
Not fully concluded;
3rd Battalion of
Irish Volunteers
Maintained
strongholds.
South of the city beyond Brunswick
Street barricades,
Two lone priests
set out on a walk.
Capuchin Priests becoming involved
With the surrender,
Convey a signed
order by Pearse,
Walking to Jacobs
factory -
A third priest carries
same to rebels
On Brunswick Street;
Holohan tells his
men he'd rather die.
But the group of 50
begins a march at
10 a.m. North
King Street.
Nurse O'Farrell
meets rebels at Bollards
Bakery, but De
Valera
Replies, 'order
has no weight' - efforts
By priests end by MacDonagh
Agreeing to speak
to General Lowe.
Past midday the
Irish Citizen army
Finally surrenders
-
While talks go on
between sides
Some rebels are
still
Defiant - Lowe
and MacDonagh
Meet the priests,
Who are told of a
truce till 3 p.m.
MacDonagh informs
his Battalion
Of intended
surrender -
'We will fight it
out!' shout some,
But to no avail -
those
Not in uniform
can flee if they so wish -
Nurse Elizabeth O'Farrell,
Though exhausted, keeps her mission.
Though exhausted, keeps her mission.
Other holdouts
receive this news,
To smash guns in
anger -
Others stayed as
snipers on rooftops.
On the ground MacDonagh
Hands his
revolver to General Lowe.
The afternoon
wears on,
With emerging
garrisons marching.
Exhausted and hungry
they are
Met by varied
reactions.
Respect equaled
by threatening
Behaviours, from
citizens
And Army alike - volunteers pass
Gate of St
Patrick's Park -
Crowds of eyes turn to consider them.
The day has reached
mid afternoon,
As Irish
Battalions
March from their fortresses, onto
Streets and
captivity -
Among the ranks
remained disbelief,
But weary from
A week long fight, most comply.
Time slowly turns
to evening - for
The 3rd Battalion
Is led from Bolands
Bakery by
O'Connor, met
By infantry
described as, 'baying
For blood' - a mood
Lifts as Canal
Street crowds cheer.
A great mix of
emotions continues
As guns are laid
down
In Grattan Street
- the remaining
Leaders watch men
Put down their
arms - the pavement
Covered in weapons,
O'Connor steps
forward with his sword.
This had been
given to him on Good
Friday as mark
Of the men's respect - O'Connor returns
The respect, placing
The sword to rest
atop of the guns;
In a fight for a
republic,
These Irish men
faced a future unknown.
by Jamie Mann.
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30th, 1916, 1916. Online. Available at: <http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/an-easter-rising-timeline-sunday-april-30th-1916-1.2194023>
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April 2016]
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Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie
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