BY THE SAME AUTHOR
POEMS
INSURRECTIONS (Maunsel)
THE HILL OF VISION "
GREEN BRANCHES "
SONGS FROM THE CLAY (Macmillan)
THE ADVENTURES OF SEUMAS BEG "
PROSE
THE CHARWOMANS DAUGHTER (Macmillan)
THE CROCK OF GOLD "
HERE ARE LADIES "
THE DEMI-GODS "
| FOREWORD | |
| CHAPTER I | MONDAY |
| CHAPTER II | TUESDAY |
| CHAPTER III | WEDNESDAY |
| CHAPTER IV | THURSDAY |
| CHAPTER V | FRIDAY |
| CHAPTER VI | SATURDAY |
| CHAPTER VII | SUNDAY |
| CHAPTER VIII | THE INSURRECTION IS OVER |
| CHAPTER IX | THE VOLUNTEERS |
| CHAPTER X | SOME OF THE LEADERS |
| CHAPTER XI | LABOUR AND THE INSURRECTION |
| CHAPTER XII | THE IRISH QUESTIONS |
The day before the rising was Easter Sunday, and they were cryingjoyfully in the Churches "Christ has risen." On the following day theywere saying in the streets "Ireland has risen." The luck of the momentwas with her. The auguries were good, and, notwithstanding all that hassucceeded, I do not believe she must take to the earth again, nor beever again buried. The pages hereafter were written day by day duringthe Insurrection that followed Holy Week, and, as a hasty impression ofa most singular time, the author allows them to stand without anyemendation.
The few chapters which make up this book are not a history of therising. I knew nothing about the rising. I do not know anything about itnow, and it may be years before exact information on the subject isavailable. What I have written is no more than a statement of whatpassed in one quarter of our city, and a gathering together of therumour and tension which for nearly two weeks had to serve the Dublinpeople in lieu of news. It had to serve many Dublin people in