Monday, 1 May, 1916
We are told that the fighting is
practically over in town but there
is still some sniping etc in
Ballsbridge district this seems to
be the most disturbed of all.
According to the Daily Mail1 some of
the leaders of the Sinn Fein from
Enniscorthy who would surrender if
the rank & file were allowed to return
to their homes & would not believe that
the leaders in Dublin were surrendering
unconditionally, were being escorted to
Dublin to see for themselves. A party
of soldiers about 20 have taken possession
of the cross roads at our wicket they
belong to the Leicester Regiment
they are making a barricade across
the road taking our carts etc from
the yard to form it. The men are
very tired for want of sleep & are
on rations of bully beef & biscuits.
They are glad of something to drink
we have given them lemonade,
stewed rhubard [sic: rhubarb] and a big jug of tea.
They expected an attack at night.
Editorial Notes1The Daily Mail is and was a British daily newspaper, founded in 1896. Right-wing and conservative in its political opinions, it was popular among the social milieu the Martin family lived in.
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Ballsbridge
Well-to-do suburb of South Dublin. 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. Enniscorthy
Large town in County Wexford. One of the few risings to take place outside Dublin. They were only convinced to surrender when they spoke to the Dublin commanders of the Easter Rising. Leicester Regiment
The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, a well-established infantry regiment of the British Army. | 
