GPO Sackville Street Easter Wednesday 1916:
‘There were barricades with armed Volunteers at the entrance.
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GPO Sackville Street Easter Wednesday 1916:
‘There were barricades with armed Volunteers at the entrance.
Lislea is a beautiful townland just outside of Camlough in South Armagh that has spawned one of the most talented and successful amateur Drama teams in the whole of Ireland.
I have finally completed Bill Bryson’s At Home, another of my Christmas present books. 500 pages packed tight with fascinating detail of personal and family life through the ages, it is a ‘must-read’.
It was Wednesday of Easter Week and the Rising in Dublin was in full progress.
I walked down Innisfallen Parade to Dorset Street and on to Gardiner Row. I had to detour as Royal Irish Rifles soldiers were clearing the people from Dorset Street from north to south.
We are delighted to have occasion to once again congratulate Newpoint Players of Newry on winning the Ulster One-Act Play Championship.
As I said, I left Newry via the Dromalane Road and Kate Linnegan’s Loanan which took me out near where Cloughogue new chapel stands.
The best traditional sessions are now in Rostrevor (weren’t they always?) and we had a great time last night in the Corner House in the company of Alfie and Mary Corr, Liam Farrell and Matthew and Claire McGrath. There were a few singers from the floor, as always. Quiet night.
Preparations were being made for an uprising and the IRB, the Volunteers under Eoin Mac Neill and the Citizens Army were to be involved. On the Friday night before Easter John Southwell and I cycled to Dundalk to report progress.