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dc.contributor.otherDublin Diocesan Archivesen_IE
dc.coverage.spatial---Dublinen_IE
dc.coverage.temporal2015-17-17en_IE
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-18T03:00:20Z-
dc.date.available2015-11-18T03:00:20Z-
dc.date.issued1916en_IE
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10599/11494-
dc.descriptionOriginal copy of the "Castle Document" in pamphlet form. It was distributed in Dublin on Wednesday of Holy Week 1916. The original document was based on a genuine plan by the British authorities in Dublin Castle, but was added to and “enhanced” (by Joseph Plunkett) before being printed in order to try to convince Eoin MacNeill that a crackdown on the Irish Volunteers was imminent, and therefore mobilisation for the Rising should start immediately. The thinking was that if a document could be found and shown to MacNeill with details of such a plan, the Rising could go ahead. It was his view all along that an armed insurrection that was doomed to failure was immoral. MacNeill was convinced by the document, but the failure of Casement’s plan to import arms on the Aud changed his mind making him countermand the order to parade on Easter Sunday.en_IE
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dc.language.isoEnglishen_IE
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dc.rightsReproduced by kind permission of the Dublin Diocesan Archives. Digital image by South Dublin Libraries, Local Studies. South Dublin Libraries do not own the copyright in this image. If you wish to reproduce this item, please contact the Diocesan Archives, Holy Cross College, Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3. Tel. 01 8379253, Email: info@dublindiocese.ieen_IE
dc.subject1916 Risingen_IE
dc.subjectCastle Documenten_IE
dc.subjectCountermanding Orderen_IE
dc.subjectDublin Castleen_IE
dc.titleOriginal copy of the "Castle Document" in pamphlet form.en_IE
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