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From: green&black
Posted: 21 March 2008
Happy Rebel Easter!
This was posted on the site circa 2004 always relevant this time of year!

Remember Irelands sons
and the cause they died for
'Ireland Free from the centre to the sea'
Remember all the men and women who died for Irish freedom



During the 1916 Easter Rising, Ashe commanded this Final Battalion of Irish Volunteers. Capturing significant areas of North County Dublin, this group successfully demolished the Great Northern railway bridge(Rogerstown Estuary); thus, disrupting access to the capital. In addition, they captured the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks at Ashbourne, Co. Meath. The fight to gain control lasted 6 hours during which time 11 RIC men were killed and over 20 were wounded. By comparison, the Fingal Battalion lost only two men and five were wounded.

It was during this week, that General Richard Mulcahy joined forces with the men at Fingal. How this happened and what part he was to subsequently play has, however, been the source of some debate. Nevertheless, the Fingal Battalion is considered to be one of two successful battles occurring in Dublin during the 1916 Rising.
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From: Terrontress
Posted: 24 March 2008
Happy Rebel Easter!
I think mods should delete this extremist viewpoint?

Blowing up railway bridges!

Irish Freedom?
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From: Vlad the Impaler
Posted: 24 March 2008
Happy Rebel Easter!

Extremist? Historical yes. Extremist no.

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From: green&black
Posted: 24 March 2008
Happy Rebel Easter!
excuse me terrontress this is far from from an
extremist viewpoint it is in fact local history!
Would you like the mods to censor this to ignore our republican history?
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From: Terrontress
Posted: 25 March 2008
Happy Rebel Easter!
What? A failed uprising with no popular support?

I don't think that the people of Donabate would have been too happy when the railway bridge was blown up.
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From: Vlad the Impaler
Posted: 25 March 2008
Happy Rebel Easter!

I don't agree Terrontress. While the uprising itself was a failure, it set in motion a chain of events which probably accelerated Ireland's independence from Britain by perhaps 20-30 years.

Frankly, Ireland probably would have still been in the empire at the start of WW II, and quite a few irishmen would have been called up to fight and die.

Meanwhile 60 miles up the road in the north, people like my grandfather where called up to fight on the beaches of France.

So while violent uprising is always distasteful, it probably saved alot of [southern] Irish lives in the long run and should be remembered and comemorated accordingly imo.



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From: Terrontress
Posted: 25 March 2008
Happy Rebel Easter!
There has never been conscription in Northern Ireland. If your grandfather went to fight, he did so willingly.

The people who blew up bridges and disrupted the way of life of the peaceful people of Ireland were every bit as bad as those who now terrorise people in a similar fashion in the name of Allah.
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From: Vlad the Impaler
Posted: 25 March 2008
Happy Rebel Easter!

Actually , that's a fair point - he did.

I suppose one's view on the uprising can be boiled down as to whether you'd have been happy in being part of Britain until the decline of the empire after the war.

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From: Vlad the Impaler
Posted: 25 March 2008
Happy Rebel Easter!

.. and of course you would have had significantly more targets for German bombers.

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From: Terrontress
Posted: 25 March 2008
Happy Rebel Easter!
No, I think one's view on the uprising is to do with whether one believes in democracy over terrorism.

It was diplomacy that led to Irish independence, not terrorism and the terrorism which has existed on both sides since then has achieved nothing either with the exception of thousands of lost and ruined lives.

This sort of deluded topic belongs on stormfront or some IRA supporters' forum rather than donabateportrane.com
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