I Saw Dublin in Revolt, When Irish Rebels Fled from Flames, by Desmond Ryan | 24 April 1916 | Episode 111
Published on 24 April 1916
To add to the difficulties with which during the year 1916 Great Britain was surrounded on all sides, open revolt broke out in Dublin on Easter Monday, April 24.
The rebel Sinn Feiners seized the principal public buildings and declared the Irish Republic. Anticipated help from Germany was not forthcoming, and the rising was suppressed after much bloodshed.
Mr. Desmond Ryan, author of "Remembering Sion" and "The Invisible Army," was a member of the Irish Volunteers. He was imprisoned and released at the end of July 1916.