In the last episode, we examined the ongoing dramas and losses that made up the rising,

the controversy of Francis Sheehe Skeffington's murder, the massacre at Mount Street Bridge,

and the beginning of the shelling of Dublin by the British, which would last until the end of the week.

In this episode, we see the situation take an interesting turn as General John Maxwell explodes onto the scene as military governor, in an atmosphere of martial law across the length and breadth and width of Ireland.

It is across Ireland that this episode will take us as well, as we investigate the varied forms that the rising took in Ireland's

different regions. How each region's Irish volunteer commander interpreted his orders and went

about carrying them out, says a lot about Ireland at that time, and the generally chaotic nature

of the plans that had led the rebels this far.

Continuing our examination of the average Dublin citizen, we look at what happened when the British sought to capture North King Street from the rebels.

We then conclude with some important debates over what rebels wanted and how much they knew

about the reality of the situation,

while under the command of men like Patrick Pierce, Thomas Clark, James Connolly, or Thomas MacDunna.

If all this content sounds good to you, then welcome to the miniseries.

When Diplomacy Fails Presents

1916

A special Centenary miniseries

Exploring the context, characters and controversies of the most significant act in Ireland's modern history.

The 1916 Rising. The 16, rising.

The extraordinary thing to us is that there seems to be such a lull all over the place.

The day is a close, sultry affair, inclined to rain, and as if thunder were still in the air.

The rattle of a cart along the streets seems now like a marching man, and then like the rattle of a machine gun.

Isolated reports are heard on and off, but the fighting, if there is to be any fighting,

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