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Episode 4 is the finale of the Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution series. In this last episode I reflect on my work as Poet-in-Residence and read from source materials from the archives at the National Library of Ireland. The episode includes excerpts from Dorothy Macardle’s account of Easter Week, published in the Irish Press in 1933, two newspaper articles by Lily O’Brennan on the surrenders, and a short excerpt from Elizabeth O’Farrell’s account of the surrenders. I also share from my forthcoming pamphlet Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution, which are based on these archival materials.
The music for the Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is “Saharakungoh” by Fehdah.
Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is created by Dr Julie Morrissy as part of the Poet-in-Residence programme at the National Library of Ireland, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023. Sound and production are by the Museum of Literature Ireland.
NLI Sources:
MS 31,468. Newspaper cuttings from 'The Irish Press' of 'The great story of the Rising: Easter Week day by day' by Dorothy Macardle, 1933 Apr. 17-22
MS 50246/5/1: Copy of account of the Easter Rising by Elizabeth O'Farrell [MS 50,246/5/1], [undated]
NPA POLF234: Pearse's Surrender [graphic], 1916 April 29.
References:
O’Brennan, Lily. “1916: The Surrender”. Evening Herald, 15 Apr. 2006.
---. “Easter Week Experiences”. Irish Press, 13 Apr. 1939.
In Episode 3 of Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution I am joined by Seán Hewitt for a conversation about his work as Poet-in-Residence at the Irish Queer Archive. In this episode we discuss some of the difficult things about working with archive, including violence against LGBTQ+ people and the murder of Declan Flynn in 1982.
Seán Hewitt’s debut collection of poetry, Tongues of Fire, was published by Jonathan Cape in 2020. It won The Laurel Prize in 2021, and was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, the John Pollard Foundation International Poetry Prize, and a Dalkey Literary Award. In 2020, he was chosen by The Sunday Times as one of their "30 under 30" artists in Ireland. His memoir, All Down Darkness Wide, is forthcoming from Jonathan Cape in the UK and Penguin Press in the USA in July this year. He is a book critic for The Irish Times and teaches Modern British & Irish Literature at Trinity College Dublin.
The music for the Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is “Saharakungoh” by Fehdah.
Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is created by Dr Julie Morrissy as part of the Poet-in-Residence programme at the National Library of Ireland, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023. Sound and production are by the Museum of Literature Ireland.
NLI Sources:
MS 17528/4: Copy typescript letter from Dorothy McArdle to Joseph McGarrity regarding the poverty experienced in Connemara and Kerry due to famine and the imprisonment of breadwinners, and denouncing the violence of Free State troops, 1924 June 8
MS 41492/1/11: Letter from Alice Milligan to Lily O'Brennan concerning her 'Arbour Hill Poem'
MS 41492/1/31: Letter from Alice Milligan to Lily O'Brennan concerning an upcoming party, a new boiler and her poetry
MSS 45,936 – 46,054: Ireland Queer Archives Papers 1974-2005. National Library of Ireland, www.nli.ie/pdfs/mss%20lists/151_IQA.pdf
References:
Cúirt International Festival of Literature. www.cuirt.ie/
Hewitt, Seán. All Down Darkness Wide. Jonathan Cape & Penguin Press, 2022.
--. "The Irish Queer Archive". Holy Show, Issue 4, 2022 (forthcoming)
---. J. M. Synge: Nature, Politics, Modernism. Oxford University Press, 2021.
---. “Joelle Taylor: We all walk around with legions of ghosts within us”. The Irish Times, 29 Jan. 2020, www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/joelle-taylor-we-all-walk-around-with-legions-of-ghosts-within-us-1.4779542
---. Tongues of Fire. Jonathan Cape, 2020.
Kenny, Oisín. “A Lifetime of Change”. GCN, no. 363, Mar. 2020, www.magazine.gcn.ie/articles/195710?article=30-1
Morrissy, Julie. “Phonica: #3 Julie Morrissy ‘Certain Individual Women’ / WE, The PEOPLE”. Hotel, www.partisanhotel.co.uk/Julie-Morrissy
In Episode 2 of Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution we are joined by Dr Alice Rekab for a conversation about flags and song in the context of their artistic practice and Julie’s research at the National Library. Dr. Alice Rekab is an artist, researcher and educator based in Dublin. Their practice is concerned with expressions and iterations of complex cultural and personal narratives. Alice takes their own mixed-race Irish identity as a starting point from which to explore experiences of race, place and belonging. Over the last ten years Alice's practice has centred around collaboration and interdisciplinary work from which they produce film, performance, text, image and sculpture, creating new intersectional narratives and objects for gallery based exhibition and large scale public commission. Their projects include Family Lines, a solo exhibition and multi-platform project with Douglas Hyde Gallery Dublin (2022), Ricochet #14, a solo presentation at Museum Villa Stuck, Munich (2023), Concealed in the Half Light at Catalyst Art Centre Belfast (2021) and Truth Flags Identity, a temporary public art work commissioned by Temple Bar Gallery+Studios for Dublin Culture Night 2020.
The music for the Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is “Saharakungoh” by Fehdah.
Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is created by Dr Julie Morrissy as part of the Poet-in-Residence programme at the National Library of Ireland, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023. Sound and production are by the Museum of Literature Ireland.
Sources:
Antille, Martine, dir. Dreaming Rivers. Sankofa Film & Video, 1989.
Gillis, Liz. Women of the Irish Revolution. Mercier Press, 2016.
---, and Mary McAuliffe. Richmond Barracks 1916: We Were There: 77 Women of the Easter Rising. Four Courts Press, 2016.
“Introduction: What are Spomeniks?”. Spomenik Database, www.spomenikdatabase.org/what-are-spomeniks
McCoole, Sinead. No ordinary women : Irish female activists in the revolutionary years, 1900-23. UP Wisconsin, 2003.
O’Brennan, Lily. “Easter Week Experiences”. The Irish Press, 13 Apr. 1939, p. 5.
---. “1916: The Surrender”. An Cosantóir, Jun. 1947. Rpt. in The Evening Herald, 15 Apr. 2006, p. 8.
Rekab, Alice. Breaking Emmet’s Block. 2017, Grange Road Plaza, The Pearse Museum, Dublin, South Dublin County Council, www.alicerekab.com/work/emerge-w85fd
---. Isatu at rest. 2021, FAMILY LINES: Billboard Series, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, www.thedouglashyde.ie/event/family-lines-billboard-series/
---. FAMILY LINES PROJECT. 2021-22, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, www.thedouglashyde.ie/exhibition/family-lines-project/
---. Migration Sings. 2020, featuring Khalilu Gibrill Daneil Conteh, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, https://vimeo.com/458995819
---. Truth, Flags, Identity. 2020, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin, www.templebargallery.com/whats-on/events/public-art-commission-alice-rekab-truth-flags-identity
santiago, nibia pastrana. “the lazy dancer / la ballerina vaga”. 2013, www.nibiapastrana.com/lazymanifesto
Twilight City. Directed by Reece Auguiste. Black Audio Film Collective, 1989.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
This is an audio tour of the exhibition, 'Yeats: The Life & Works of WB Yeats'. This tour can enjoyed in own right or in conjunction with a visit to the exhibition at the National Library of Ireland, 7-8 Kildare St., Dublin 2, Ireland.
In Episode 1 of Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution Dr Susan Cahill joins us for a conversation about writer and activist Dorothy Macardle. Cahill is a writer, editor, academic, thinker, and activist. She is well known for her activism for the Repeal of the Eighth Amendment. Cahill was the first woman to tell her abortion story on the stage of the Abbey Theatre, which was subsequently published in the Irish Times. She is a former professor of Irish Studies and is currently working on her debut children’s novel The Dream Door. Her work is published in Winter Papers, and The Puritan. Cahill is represented by Kate Shaw Agency. She is from Clonakilty, Co. Cork, and is funded by the Arts Council. Following our conversation, Cahill reads from her work-in-progress debut novel.
The podcast music is from “Saharakungoh” by Fehdah (https://earth-agency.com/artists/fehdah/).
Radical!: Women and the Irish Revolution is created by Dr Julie Morrissy as part of the Poet-in-Residence programme at the National Library of Ireland, supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries Programme 2012-2023. Sound and production are by MoLi.
NLI Sources:
MS 13972/1: Partial copy typescript of suggestions and corrections given by William O'Brien to Dorothy Macardle on her publication 'The Irish Republic' , circa 1937.
MS 17528/4: Copy typescript letter from Dorothy McArdle to Joseph McGarrity regarding the poverty experienced in Connemara and Kerry due to famine and the imprisonment of breadwinners, and denouncing the violence of Free State troops, 1924 June 8
MS 31468: Newspaper cuttings from 'The Irish Press' of 'The great story of the Rising: Easter Week day by day' by Dorothy Macardle, 1933 Apr. 17-22
MS 41480/2/8: Letter from Lily O'Brennan, 22 Hans Place S.W., to Áine Ceannt regarding her personal and social life, 1921 November 8
MS 41,480/4/14: Letter from Dorothy Macardle to Áine Ceannt thanking her for some information that she could not have gotten anywhere else, 1935 November 25
MS 41,491/3/4: Postcard from Dorothy Macardle to Lily O'Brennan wishing her a happy Christmas and New Year, 1924 December
MS 50700/1: Letter from Dorothy McArdle to Norman Collins, Victor Gollancz Ltd., about publishing Maud Gonne's memoirs, with letters from Victor Gollancz Ltd. to McArdle, 1936 & 1937
MS 50246/5/1: Copy of account of the Easter Rising by Elizabeth O'Farrell [MS 50,246/5/1], [undated]
NPA POLF234: Pearse's Surrender [graphic]
Additional References / Further Reading
Bourke, Angela, et al. The Field Day Anthology of Irish Writing, Volume V: Irish Women's Writings and Traditions. Cork University Press, 2002, pp. 997-1000.
Boland, Eavan. A Kind of Scar: The Woman Poet in a National Tradition. Attic Press, 1989, p. 12.
Coen, Lisa. “Waking the Feminists and Disturbing the Old Ghosts: The Uninvited by Dorothy Macardle”. Writing.ie, 16 Nov. 2015, https://www.writing.ie/interviews/stage-screen/waking-the-feminists-and-disturbing-old-ghosts-the-uninvited-by-dorothy-mcardle/
Gillis, Liz. Women of the Irish Revolution. Mercier Press, 2016, p. 154.
Macardle, Dorothy. “The Portrait of Roisín Dhu”. Earth-Bound: Nine Stories of Ireland. Harrigan Press, 1924, pp. 90-101.
Meaney, Gerardine, Mary O’Dowd, and Bernadette Whelan. “Sexual and Aesthetic Dissidences: Women and the Gate Theatre, 1929-60. Reading the Irish Woman: Studies in Cultural Encounters and Exchange, 1714-1960, Liverpool UP, pp. 196-217.
Maume, Patrick. “Macardle, Dorothy Margaret”. Dictionary of Irish Biography, Oct. 2009, https://www.dib.ie/biography/macardle-dorothy-margaret-a5097
Short, Constance. “It is time to celebrate the life of remarkable Dundalk woman Dorothy Macardle”. Dundalk Democrat, 18 Dec. 2016, https://www.dundalkdemocrat.ie/news/home/228161/it-is-time-to-celebrate-the-life-of-remarkable-dundalk-woman-dorothy-macardle.html
Smith, Nadia Clare. Dorothy Macardle: A Life. Woodfield Press, 2007.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Gravel Walks' from the 1996 collection, 'The Spirit Level' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Harvest Bow' from 'Field Work' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
The first of our Leaving Cert podcasts exploring sample exam questions on Seamus Heaney's poetry.
This episode looks at mythology and tradition in Seamus Heaney's poems on the Leaving Cert curriculum.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'A Kite for Aibhín' from 'Human Chain' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Scaffolding' from 'Death of a Naturalist' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Mossbawn:Sunlight' from 'North' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Holly' from 'Station Island' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Sequence XII' from 'Station Island' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Forge' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Fragment' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Fosterling' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
The final part of the 'Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again' exhibition. In this section we take a look at the artists Maser's 'Don't Be Afraid' artwork which is inspired by the final words of Seamus Heaney. This tour can be used when visiting this exhibition in the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2.
Part 5 of the 'Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again' audio tour. This section explores Seamus Heaney's reponse to the political situation in Northern Ireland and the pursuit of peace. This tour can be used when visiting this exhibition in the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2.
Part 4 of the 'Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again' audio tour. This section explores Seamus Heaney's writing process and the friendships he made throughout his career. This tour can be used when visiting this exhibition in the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2.
Part 6 of the 'Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again' audio tour. This part of the exhibition highlights the uplifting quality of Seamus Heaney's work. This tour can be used when visiting this exhibition in the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2.
Part 3 of the 'Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again' audio tour. This section explores Seamus Heaney's childhood and early life. This tour can be used when visiting this exhibition in the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2.
Part 2 of the 'Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again' audio tour exploring the beginning of Seamus Heaney's career and the timeline of his life. This audio can be used when visiting the exhibition in the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2.
Introduction to the exhibition, 'Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again'. This audio tour can be used when visiting this exhibition in the Bank of Ireland Cultural and Heritage Centre, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Blackberry-Picking' and encourages participants to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'A Sofa in the Forties' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Clothes Shrine' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Glanmore Sonnets VII' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Clearances V' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Rain Stick' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Skunk' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Song' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Blackbird of Glanmore' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Lightenings VIII' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'The Given Note' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
This activity is a mindful look at the poetry of Seamus Heaney. It will highlight soothing lines and images from the poem, 'Postscript' and encourages participants at home to take some time to find their own mindful moments in this poem.
Library Matters at the NLI: Pernille Drost, National Library of Denmark by The National Library of Ireland
Library Matters at the NLI: Cathal McCauley, Maynooth University by The National Library of Ireland
Library Matters at the NLI: Richard Ovenden, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford by The National Library of Ireland
Inspiration Proclamation at the NLI - Archbishop Diarmuid Martin by The National Library of Ireland
Inspiration Proclamation at the NLI - Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh by The National Library of Ireland
This is the 17th and final episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin.
In this episode, Niall O' Sioradáin reads from the last letter of Eamonn Ceannt, who was one of the seven signatories of the proclamation of the Irish Republic. He was executed in Kilmainham gaol on the 8th of May 1916. This is the letter he wrote to his wife Áine on the morning of his execution.
This is the 15th episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin.
In this episode, Niall O'Sioradáin reads from the handwritten statement of Patrick Pearse, who was was one of the seven signatories of the proclamation of the Irish Republic, and President of the Provisional Government. He was court martialled and executed after the Easter Rising. This is an extract from Pearse’s handwritten account of his statement to the court martial.
This is the 14th episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin.
In this episode, Katherine McSharry reads an extract from a letter written by Mary Shackleton, who was living in Ballsbridge in Dublin, at the time of the Easter Rising. She wrote this letter to a friend describing her reactions to the events of the week.
This is the 13th episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin.
In this episode, Niall O'Sioradáin reads from the a letter written by Eamonn Duggan, who was a member of the Irish volunteers and fought in the Easter Rising. He wrote to his family at 6am on the second day of the Rising, Tuesday 26th April 1916.
This is the latest episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin.
In this episode, Niall O'Sioradáin reads an extract from the notebook of James Plunkett, who was one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic.
Plunkett scribbled down notes, describing events that were taking place in Dublin during the Rising and also wrote a letter to his future wife and widow, Grace Gifford.
This is the eleventh episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin.
In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads an extract from William O'Brien's account of the first two days of the insurrection in Dublin. O'Brien, an active figure in the labour movement, was also a close associate of James Connolly.
This is the tenth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin.
IN the 10th episode Katherine McSharry reads a letter written by Lily O’Brennan, who was a member of Cumann na mBan; Eamonn Ceannt was her brother-in-law. She was stationed at Jameson’s Distillery throughout Easter Week 1916. In this account from the 1930s, she recalls the beginning and end of the week.
This is the ninth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads from a letter written by Major George Malone who was in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment, stationed at Richmond Barracks. On Easter Monday 1916, he had plans to meet his mother for dinner and a night at the theatre. Here, he tells us how the day unfolded very differently.
This is the eighth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads from a letter written by a member of the Four Courts St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, documenting the horrific injuries suffered by civilians during the Rising.
This is the seventh episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Katherine McSharry of the National Library of Ireland reads from a letter written by a Dublin woman to her friends, in which she condemns the rebels’ actions.
This is the sixth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads from the diary of one of Patrick Pearse’s students, who wrote an account of the scenes in the GPO during the Easter Rising.”
This is the fifth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Katherine McSharry reads from the diary of an Irish doctor, who wrote about her stay at the Phoenix Park on the third day of the Rising.
This is the fourth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads from the diary of one Dubliner, about the first two days of the Rising.
This is the third episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Katherine McSharry of the National Library reads from a letter written by Lady Alice Wimbourne to her mother a month after the Rising.
This is the second episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads from a letter written by National Library staff member Patrick J O’Connor when he was interned in prison in England after the Rising.
This is the first episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland. Mary Martin’s son Charlie was in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was fighting at Salonika when he was reported missing in December 1915. His mother kept this diary in the form of a letter to him from the beginning of 1916, hoping that one day he would come home and read it. Because Mary was keeping the diary, she wrote about the events of the Easter Rising as they looked to her from the suburb of Monkstown. www.nli.ie