Roughly 250 women served in the Easter Rising, of which 77 were arrested following the Rising. They were members mostly from Cumann na mBan & the ICA. They were medical officers, dispatch riders, snipers & many other jobs. Women accounted for 11% of the Rising dead.
#OnThisDay 1916 Gun battles from the streets to the rooftops of Dublin. At St. Stephen’s Green, the rebels had to pull back into the Royal College of Surgeons as machine gun fire from the British Army held Shelbourne Hotel raked their positions in the park.
#OnThisDay 1916 Vol Gerald Keogh (Top pic) was shot dead by ANZAC soldiers (bottom pic) from Trinity College. The Anzacs had left the trenches of WW1 & were on leave in Dublin when the Rising began & made their way to the college to help reinforce the OTC.
#OnThisDay 1916 The Irish Republic flag flew over the GPO., raised by Eamon Bulfin, an Argentinian born Volunteer (whose father was from Offaly-bottom pic). He was sentenced to death but was commuted because of his nationality. He was deported after some time in Frongoch.
#OnThisDay 1916 Margaret Keogh was the first civilian casualty of the Easter Rising. A nurse in South Dublin Union (now St. James’ Hospital), she was checking on patients during a lull in the fighting & was shot by two British soldiers.
The Irish at War 