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I'm often asked "who flew the flags above the GPO." Well it's a hard one to answer because there are a few answers. So here it goes: On the roof,

Here's a thread on the Proclamation‘Poblacht na hÉireann’ means ‘Republic of Ireland’. ‘Ríocht’ means ‘kingdom’;‘pobal’ means ‘people’. By taking the word for ‘king’ (‘rí’) from ‘ríocht’ and replacing it with

Good Friday, 1916. The Aud and her cargo of rifles was scuttled off Daunt’s Rock, near Cobh, at 9:28am. Roger Casement who had travelled from Germany on board a German