The Rising began on Easter Monday, 1916. During the week it lasted, the fighting was fierce and Dubliners experienced terrible hardships. After it ended, British retribution was swift and harsh.
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Fanfare
Opening War Theme
Lament
Composed in 1915 by Frank Bridge. Public domain.
Performed by Jean Dubé, and used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC BY-NC 3.0 license. Source.
Closing War Theme
Except when otherwise indicated, the contents of this podcast are © and ℗ 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 by Mark Painter, all rights reserved. Some music and sound effects used by arrangement with Pond 5.
There were definitely some knights executed at the Restoration of 1660.
I’ve tracked down a Sir Thomas Armstrong from the Rye House Plot of 1682.
Surprisingly, I can’t find one from.the Glorious Revolution or from the 1715 or 1745 rebellions.