My ancestors - O'Rahilly - Contents

The 1916 Rising

People in the family tree who fought in the 1916 Rising:

• My grandfather Dick Humphreys.
• My great-granduncle The O'Rahilly (killed in action).
• My grandfather's 1st cousin Jim Humphrys.

• My granduncle (by marriage) W.T. Cosgrave.
• My great-granduncle (by marriage) Jim Sullivan.

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Newsreel

"Sinn Fein Rising - Liberty Hall - Part 1" (1916).
From British Pathe.
See another mix of the same shots in "War In Ireland - Easter Rebellion" (1916).

"Dublin 1916: Good Scenes Of O'Connell Street" (1916).
From British Pathe.

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Dramatisations

The 1916 Rising as portrayed in the movie Michael Collins (1996).

The docudrama A Terrible Beauty.

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O'Connell St before the Rising

The GPO, c.1900.
From NLI.
See full size.

Sackville St and O'Connell Bridge.
See full size.
Detroit Photographic Company, 1905.
From The Library of Congress.

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The Rising

The GPO after 1916.

The GPO after 1916.
See full size. From NLI.

The GPO after 1916.

Sackville St in aftermath of 1916 Rising.
From NLI.
See full size.

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References

• The GPO and the Easter Rising, Keith Jeffery, 2006.
  • See review, The Spectator, 6 May 2006. Mentions The O'Rahilly.

• Rebels - the Irish uprising of 1916, Peter de Rosa, 1990.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• DMP "Movement of Extremists" files 1915-16

• Desmond's Rising: Memoirs 1913 to Easter 1916, Desmond Fitzgerald, 1968.
• The Easter Rebellion, Max Caulfield, 1963.
• Agony at Easter: The 1916 Irish Uprising (1969) by Thomas M. Coffey. Features The O'Rahilly.
• The 1916 Rising Oral History Collection. Can buy MP3s.

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• 1916 Rising (and category)

• NLI site
• RTE site

• Letters of 1916

• 1916-23 period