James Connolly ‘Kidnapped’ by IRB Military Council 1916

#OnThisDay 1916 James Connolly was ‘kidnapped’ & held for three days in Dolphin’s Barn by the IRB Military Council, in an attempt to give up his plans of revolution & join their rebellion instead. In reality, Connolly went to the meeting of his own free will.

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