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Posted on May 24, 2016
Extract
LIEUT. GEN. LAKE, commanding his Majesty's Forces in this Kingdom, having received from his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant full powers to put down the Rebellion, and to punish Rebels in the most summary manner according to Martial Law. does hereby give notice to all his Majesty's subjects, that he is determined to exert the powers entrusted to him in the most vigorous manner for the immediate suppress on the fame: and that all persons aiding in the present Rebellion, or in the anywise aiding or assisting therein, will be treated by him as Rebels, and punishment accordingly. And Lieut. Gen Lake Hereby requires all the inhabitants of the City of Dublin (the great Officers of State, Members of the House of Parliament, Privy Councillors, Magistrates, and military persons in the form uniform excepted) to remain within their respective dwellings from NINE o'clock at night till FIVE in the morning, under pain of punishment.
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Posted on May 23, 2016
The Munster Express 1860 - Current
The Munster Express is one of Ireland's leading regional newspapers founded in 1860 by the Fisher family. In 1880 the Munster Express was bought by Mr. Edward Walsh and is still owned and run by the Walsh Family today.
You can now enjoy more of the Munster Express through the Irish Newspaper Archives gateway! We have just uploaded another 69 years of newspaper content to the archive. Full list below.
To celebrate this content update we have made the first Edition of the newspaper available to download for FREE!!
Munster Express History
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Posted on May 18, 2016
Sir Roger Casement was committed to trial to face Treason
Extract Cork Examiner 18 May 1916 Roger Casement Committed
After an investigation of only three days the charge of high treason against Sir Roger Casement and the Irish ex-soldier, Daniel Julian Bailey, concluded as far as the Police Court stage is concerned this afternoon with their committal for trial before the Lord Chief Justice. The proceedings ended quite uneventfully, and naturally after Sir John Dickinson had spent the day hearing the statements of a number of witnesses whose evidence was necessary to complete the case for the Crown Continue Reading
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Posted on May 17, 2016
Sir Roger Casement 's Trial Continues
Download and enjoy news from Sir Roger Casements trial from the leading Irish Newspapers of the day. The Freeman's Journal, The Evening Herald and the Irish Independent.
Extract The Evening Herald 17.May.1916 Front page.
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Posted on May 9, 2016
Bobby Sands Dies on the 66th Day of his hunger Strike
Bobby Sands, Roibeard Gearóid Ó Seachnasaigh, was born in 1954 in Rathcoole, a predominantly loyalist district of north Belfast. Robert Gerard Sands was a member of the the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Bobby Sands passed away 05.05.1981 while on hunger strike at HM Prison Maze. It was Bobby Sands 66th day on hunger strike.
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1981 Hunger Strike
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Posted on May 6, 2016
Belfast Blitz April - A report from the Irish Independent 17.April.1941
The Belfast Blitz was four attacks of high-casualty German air raids on strategic targets in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. In April and May 1941 during World War II. The extract taken from the Irish Independent 17.April.1941 depicts the aftermath of a German bombing raid. The harrowing newspaper report on the Belfast Blitz and describes the distressing scenes in Belfast. The newspaper also issues the German report of the bombing raid.
Download the Irish Independent 17.April.1941 to read the full story. Get the Official and the German account of the bombing raid: HERE
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Posted on May 5, 2016
Major John McBride Executed 100 years ago
Evening Herald 05 May 1916 - Front Page News
Trials by courts martial of rebels proceeded yesterday, and thirty-six men were tried. Confirmation had only taken place In three cases, namely—those of
THOMAS HUNTER.
JOHN McBRIDE.
WILLIAM COSGRAVE. Continue Reading
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Posted on May 5, 2016
The Enniscorthy Easter Rising 05.May.1916
Extract - Belfast Newsletter 05.May.1916 BY PRIVATE WIRE
A correspondent supplies the Press Association with the following account of the events at Enniscorthy: — 
Photo Front: Seamus Rafter, Robrert Brennan, Seamus Doyle, Sean Etchingham,
Back: Una Brennan, Michael de Lacy, Eileen Hegarty
Enniscorthy Rising 1916
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