Voices Of The Rising

Inspiration Proclamation at the NLI - Edna O'Brien by The National Library of Ireland

Inspiration Proclamation at the NLI - Roddy Doyle by The National Library of Ireland

This is the 17th and final episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O' Sioradáin reads from the last letter of Eamonn Ceannt, who was one of the seven signatories of the proclamation of the Irish Republic. He was executed in Kilmainham gaol on the 8th of May 1916. This is the letter he wrote to his wife Áine on the morning of his execution.

This is the 15th episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O'Sioradáin reads from the handwritten statement of Patrick Pearse, who was was one of the seven signatories of the proclamation of the Irish Republic, and President of the Provisional Government. He was court martialled and executed after the Easter Rising. This is an extract from Pearse’s handwritten account of his statement to the court martial.

This is the 14th episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Katherine McSharry reads an extract from a letter written by Mary Shackleton, who was living in Ballsbridge in Dublin, at the time of the Easter Rising. She wrote this letter to a friend describing her reactions to the events of the week.

This is the 13th episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O'Sioradáin reads from the a letter written by Eamonn Duggan, who was a member of the Irish volunteers and fought in the Easter Rising. He wrote to his family at 6am on the second day of the Rising, Tuesday 26th April 1916.

This is the latest episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O'Sioradáin reads an extract from the notebook of James Plunkett, who was one of the seven signatories of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Plunkett scribbled down notes, describing events that were taking place in Dublin during the Rising and also wrote a letter to his future wife and widow, Grace Gifford.

This is the eleventh episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads an extract from William O'Brien's account of the first two days of the insurrection in Dublin. O'Brien, an active figure in the labour movement, was also a close associate of James Connolly.

This is the tenth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. IN the 10th episode Katherine McSharry reads a letter written by Lily O’Brennan, who was a member of Cumann na mBan; Eamonn Ceannt was her brother-in-law. She was stationed at Jameson’s Distillery throughout Easter Week 1916. In this account from the 1930s, she recalls the beginning and end of the week.

This is the ninth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads from a letter written by Major George Malone who was in the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment, stationed at Richmond Barracks. On Easter Monday 1916, he had plans to meet his mother for dinner and a night at the theatre. Here, he tells us how the day unfolded very differently.

This is the eighth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads from a letter written by a member of the Four Courts St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, documenting the horrific injuries suffered by civilians during the Rising.

This is the seventh episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Katherine McSharry of the National Library of Ireland reads from a letter written by a Dublin woman to her friends, in which she condemns the rebels’ actions.

This is the sixth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads from the diary of one of Patrick Pearse’s students, who wrote an account of the scenes in the GPO during the Easter Rising.”

This is the fifth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Katherine McSharry reads from the diary of an Irish doctor, who wrote about her stay at the Phoenix Park on the third day of the Rising.

This is the fourth episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads from the diary of one Dubliner, about the first two days of the Rising.

This is the third episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Katherine McSharry of the National Library reads from a letter written by Lady Alice Wimbourne to her mother a month after the Rising.

This is the second episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin. In this episode, Niall O Sioradáin reads from a letter written by National Library staff member Patrick J O’Connor when he was interned in prison in England after the Rising.

This is the first episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland. Mary Martin’s son Charlie was in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers. He was fighting at Salonika when he was reported missing in December 1915. His mother kept this diary in the form of a letter to him from the beginning of 1916, hoping that one day he would come home and read it. Because Mary was keeping the diary, she wrote about the events of the Easter Rising as they looked to her from the suburb of Monkstown. www.nli.ie