Saturday, 29 April, 1916
Fighting still continuing as fierce
as ever in Dublin & fires were
seen during the night & one
could hear the big guns going
We hear great rumours of the
damage that is being done to the
city by the cannonade.
Ballsbridge Haddington Rd & North
umberland Rd seem to be the
hottest district. Boland Bakery
one of the Sinn Fein stronghold
has been taken by the military but
is much damaged.
All very quiet round about
Kingstown but still great movement
of troops.
This afternoon Uncle Tom rang up
& reported all well out there but
there had been very heavy fighting at
Parkgate St & North Side of town also
that there was trouble in the country
district. But he said he believed it
was over or he did not think he could
have got through as the telephones
can now only be used on military business
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Ballsbridge
Well-to-do suburb of South Dublin. Haddington Rd
Street in Ballsbridge, afflluent area of Dublin. Northumberland Rd
Dublin road in Ballsbridge. Boland's Bakery
An enormous factory on the corner of Grand Canal Street and Macken Street which was occupied by Irish rebels under Eamon de Valera, future Prime Minister and President of Ireland. The garrison provided stiff resistance to British forces during the Easter Rising. Sinn Fein
Originally the part of the Irish Volunteers Association that opposed Ireland's participation in the First World War, it became the collective term used for Irish rebels in the Easter Rising in 1916. Kingstown
Port town in County Dublin, close to the Martin family home and now known as Dun Laoghaire. Thomas Levins Moore
Born ca. 1871, Thomas Levins was Mary Martin's brother and was known in the family as Uncle Tom. Married Florrie Smithwick, part of the Kilkenny brewing dynasty on 5 June 1906. Thomas and Florence lived at Ashton House, the Moore family home. Parkgate St
Dublin street beside Kingsbridge Station (now Heuston Station) leading to the Phoenix Park. |