The General Post Office (GPO) on what is now O'Connell Street in central Dublin has a very special place in Irish history. On Easter Monday 1916 it was one of many sites occupied by Irish nationalist volunteers seeking to overthrow British rule and establish a republic. The building was duly occupied by a small but very important band of rebels from the Headquarters Battalion of the Dublin republican volunteers, it was from here they would control the fight and make their stand. The band included five members of the volunteers military council, in due course they...
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