By Joseph E.A. Connell Jr Upon his arrival on Friday 28 April 1916 to take command, Major-Gen. Sir John Grenfell Maxwell first issued a proclamation indicating that he would take all measures necessary to quell the Rising. His second command was to have a limepit dug in the yard of Arbour Hill Prison (large enough … Read more
MAY 03 Tues 1pm Dublin City Council & the Irish Georgian Society, RSAI, 63 Merrion Sq. S. Historic ironwork: its history, significance and conservation, Ali Davey. Adm. €15. 03 Tues 6.30pm Royal Dublin Society, RDS Library, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4. Law and insurgency: the Irish experience of 1916, Robert D. Marshall. Booking: +353 (0)1 2407254, librarydesk@rds.ie. … Read more
In the ongoing controversy about Glasnevin Cemetery’s commemorative wall listing the names of all 488 who died in the 1916 Rising, parallels have been drawn with the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Washington DC and the comfort derived by relatives from the explicit acknowledgement of their fallen kin. But amongst the 58,307 names you will find … Read more