Irishmen fought on both sides of the Easter Rising. They made up 35% (41 / 117) of the British military deaths incurred during the Rising and 29% of the wounded (106/ 357). Below are officers from the Royal Irish Regiment with the captured Irish Republic flag.
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#OnThisDay 1916 Pearse unconditionally surrendered to General Lowe. Elizabeth O'Farrell (whose boots can be just seen to Pearse's right) carried the surrender order to Lowe & then the other Volunteer positions. This effectively ends the Easter Rising in Dublin.
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#OnThisDay 1916 British soldiers shot and/or bayoneted 15 civilian men in Dublin in what became known as the King Street Massacre. Some of the bodies were buried in basements of houses on the street. Gen. Maxwell said the soldiers were just doing their duty.
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#OnThisDay 1916 Margaret Naylor was mortally wounded as she crossed Ringsend bridge. Her husband, Pte. John Naylor of the 8th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, died that very same day when he was gassed in France. She died two days later leaving three orphaned kids.
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A receipt for Nora Walsh neé O'Keeffe for the purchase of ingredients to make explosives during the War of Independence.Which she made at Mount Melleray near her home a leading safe house (later Cats bar) Sadly Nora died in 1937 weeks before a pension she fought for was awarde 💚

#OnThisDay 1916 Cathal Brugha, second in command of the South Dublin Union garrison was badly wounded in an attack & shot 25 times, 9 serious wounds. It was thought he would not survive his wounds, yet he still fired on British troops & sang 'God Save Ireland'.
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#OnThisDay 1916 Over 100 Vols & CnB captured the town hall in Enniscorthy & surrounded the RIC barracks. Some shots are fired but it becomes an almost bloodless standoff. Unlike in Dublin, locals supported the rebels. They were the last garrison to surrender.
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#OnThisDay 1916 James Connolly, signatory of the Irish Proclamation & Commandant of the Dublin Brigade, was shot twice, once in the arm & in the ankle. The latter wound resulted in him giving up his active role & him being executed in a chair in Kilmainham.
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To mark the 1010th anniversary of the Battle of Clontarf & death of Brian Boru, Ireland's supposed 1st national hero, our new ep w/Denis Casey explores whether it really was an epic war of the Irish against the viking invaders or an inter provincial clash. open.spotify.com/episode/3KWwYE…

#OnThisDay 1916 The Irish Republic flag flew over the GPO, raised by Eamon Bulfin, an Argentinian born Volunteer (whose father was from Offaly). He was sentenced to death but was commuted because of his nationality. He was deported after some time in Frongoch.
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#OnThisDay 1916 Michael Malone & 16 Volunteers held off over 1,000 British reinforcements at the Battle of Mount Street Bridge. The Volunteers killed or wounded over 240 soldiers before their position was over run & Malone was shot while trying to escape.
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#OnThisDay 1916 Francis Sheehy Skeffington, the pacifist writer was murdered by Captain Bowen-Colthurst. Skeffy was arrested while trying to prevent looting. Two journalists were also shot dead. Colthurst was found guilty but insane & did one year in an asylum.
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#OnThisDay 1865 Abraham Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth was shot dead by a US Army unit led by Lt Edward P. Doherty, whose parents were from Sligo. Doherty was promoted to Captain & rewarded over $5000. His family's tombstone calls him 'Avenger of Lincoln'.
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