Category Archives: Dublin – The Easter Rising

The Easter Rising 24th-29th April 1916

The Easter Rising Part Eleven – Kilmainham Gaol

Posted on December 1, 2018 by Magicfingers

A change of tack for a couple of posts, as we return to the struggles taking place in Ireland in 1916 as, across the Channel, the Great War entered its twenty second month and the Battle of the Somme loomed … Continue reading →

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The Easter Rising Part Four – St. Stephen’s Green Park & the Royal College of Surgeons

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Magicfingers

St. Stephens Green Park, scene of serious fighting during the first days of the Easter Rising. 

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Dublin – Glasnevin Cemetery Part Two: The Commonwealth Plot

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Magicfingers

Glasnevin Cemetery is a vast place, but, as it happened, the other area I was intent on visiting was not so far from the O’Connell tower (above) and the Republican Plot that we saw last post.

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Dublin – Glasnevin Cemetery Part One: The Republican Plot & Elsewhere

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Magicfingers

Glasnevin Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Ireland, covering some 120 acres, more than a million and a half souls having been buried here since it was opened in 1832.

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Dublin – Arbour Hill Cemetery

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Magicfingers

Arbour Hill Cemetery was opened in about 1840, as a military burial ground for soldiers based at the adjacent Royal Barracks.

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The Easter Rising Part Ten – Moore Street

Posted on December 7, 2016 by Magicfingers

The final acts during the week of the Easter Rising took place here, in the narrow cobbled streets behind the rebel headquarters at the GPO.

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The Easter Rising Part Nine – Boland’s Mill & Beggars Bush Barracks

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Magicfingers

Thanks to a very kind (and deliberately slow) taxi driver, I managed to get some shots of Boland’s Mill as we passed by (this one taken as the mill receded into the distance).

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