Tuesday 25/4/1916
Second Day of the Rising.
British soldiers flood into the city as the rebels have failed to take the railway stations.
British troops set up machine-guns in the upper floors of the Shelbourne and kill 4 of Micheal Mallin’s men who have dug trenches in St. Stephen’s Green. Many rebels make their way into the Royal College of Surgeons.
James Stephens reported: “Inside the Green railings four bodies could be seen lying on the ground. They were dead Volunteers. Some distance beyond the Shelbourne I saw another Volunteer stretched out on a seat just within the railings. He was not dead, for, now and again, his hand moved feebly in a gesture for aid; the hand was completely red with blood. His face could not be seen. He was just a limp mass, upon which the rain beat pitilessly, and he was sodden and shapeless, and most miserable to see.”
On O’Connell street widespread looting takes place. Kids rob fireworks and set them off on the main Dublin thoroughfare, most likely replicating their surrounding by playing soldiers.
The Irish at War 