127: A Terrible Beauty Is Born II

Central Dublin in the aftermath of the Easter Rising. The gutted building behind the trolley car is the General Post Office, which was the headquarters of the Rising’s leaders.

 
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

 

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One thought on “127: A Terrible Beauty Is Born II

  1. 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.

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