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The Kildare Street Club and the Easter Rising

May 9, 2012 · 16 comments

in Cataloguing,Collections,Manuscripts

by Avice-Claire McGovern, Librarian Eyewitness accounts from Tuesday, 9th May 1916 On Easter Monday, 24th April 1916, Alfred West was attending the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse, when he heard about the outbreak of the Easter Rising in Dublin. He decided to leave early and, not thinking that things were as serious as reported, drove […]

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