1916: what the people saw 9781781171509, 9781781172087, 9781781172094, 1781172080
Acknowledgements; The Easter Rising, day by day; Introduction; 'The streets are not exactly health resorts'; &
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Acknowledgements
The Easter Rising, day by day
Introduction
'The streets are not exactly health resorts'
'As he lay on his back he spouted blood like a fountain'
'The poor dog is nearly out of her mind'
'Wait a minute --
have a look at our corpse first!'
'Notwithstanding the sound of machine-guns and cannon, i was completely engrossed in my reading'
'Within three hours of the outbreak of fighting, an amputation was going on'
'All that made life worthwhile was being taken from us forever'
'The little war up in dublin left mayo unmoved' 'Here and there you had to step aside to avoid a dead man''The chivalry, the madness, the inevitable end'
'The people were thoroughly cowed'
'Her dear boy is at north wall with his machine-gun'
'The soldiers have come and we rejoice'
'Nothing to see except a dead horse lying at the street corner'
'Hear tramping on our roof and so discover that soldiers are posted there'
'They're barmy, ' the soldier said. 'that's wot they are.'
'The work had to be done where firing was in progress'
'This larkinite & Sinn Fein rising'
'Wi' the Sinn Feiners in dublin' 'It was a creepy business driving through the deserted streets''When I saw him he had less than twenty minutes to live'
'Sackville street presented a bewildering aspect'
'The looters were working with frenzied energy'
'Those awful days when the rioters let loose their violence upon the city'
'Most of them were starved, hungry-looking poor fellows'
'A good deal of play-acting was kept up by the sinn feiners'
'It always gives an irishman of the lower class immense pleasure to cut down a tree that does not belong to him'
'Crocodile tears being wept over the poor traitors' 'God has keeping of a good girl's soul'Notes
Photo Section
About the Author
About the Publisher.
Acknowledgements
The Easter Rising, day by day
Introduction
'The streets are not exactly health resorts'
'As he lay on his back he spouted blood like a fountain'
'The poor dog is nearly out of her mind'
'Wait a minute --
have a look at our corpse first!'
'Notwithstanding the sound of machine-guns and cannon, i was completely engrossed in my reading'
'Within three hours of the outbreak of fighting, an amputation was going on'
'All that made life worthwhile was being taken from us forever'
'The little war up in dublin left mayo unmoved' 'Here and there you had to step aside to avoid a dead man''The chivalry, the madness, the inevitable end'
'The people were thoroughly cowed'
'Her dear boy is at north wall with his machine-gun'
'The soldiers have come and we rejoice'
'Nothing to see except a dead horse lying at the street corner'
'Hear tramping on our roof and so discover that soldiers are posted there'
'They're barmy, ' the soldier said. 'that's wot they are.'
'The work had to be done where firing was in progress'
'This larkinite & Sinn Fein rising'
'Wi' the Sinn Feiners in dublin' 'It was a creepy business driving through the deserted streets''When I saw him he had less than twenty minutes to live'
'Sackville street presented a bewildering aspect'
'The looters were working with frenzied energy'
'Those awful days when the rioters let loose their violence upon the city'
'Most of them were starved, hungry-looking poor fellows'
'A good deal of play-acting was kept up by the sinn feiners'
'It always gives an irishman of the lower class immense pleasure to cut down a tree that does not belong to him'
'Crocodile tears being wept over the poor traitors' 'God has keeping of a good girl's soul'Notes
Photo Section
About the Author
About the Publisher.
