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Sat 04 Apr 2009Extract from Dublin 1916: The Siege of the GPO
THE RISING is a rare treat in the history of political insurrection before the age of television, an event that was explored at the time from dozens of perspectives. This is partly because it occurred less than three hundred miles from the metropolis.
The moment there was a let up in the security situation the London newspapers despatched reporters; within a few days of the surrender the newsreels were coming in. But it was also because the insurgencys leaders were highly literate men, who knew the value of communication. Likewise Dublin was full of well-educated citizens whose natural response was to write about what they had witnessed.
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