Contemporary diary of events of 1916 written by Ignatius Callender (a messenger) on a blank quarry invoice with evidence of having been folded and stored in a pocket.

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DC Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.other	The Breslin family	en_IE
dc.coverage.spatial	---Dublin	en_IE
dc.coverage.temporal	2012-08-28	en_IE
dc.date.accessioned	2014-10-18T04:58:26Z	-
dc.date.available	2014-10-18T04:58:26Z	-
dc.date.issued	1916	en_IE
dc.identifier.other	wm_IRADiary2.jpg wm_IRADiary1.jpg
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10599/9196	-
dc.description	Contemporary diary of events of 1916 written as they happened on a blank quarry invoice. The invoice shows evidence of having been folded and stored in a pocket. Inscribed '1916' at the top and containing several daily entries. Many names and locations mentioned in entries including 'At No. 5 till 12 Midnight' this refers to No. 5 Blackhall Street, Dublin (since demolished)- the HQ of the Colmcille Branch of the Gaelic League 'Letter from S. McDermott for MacNeil(?), 'At No. 5, MacDonagh and 3 others'. Mention under 'Wednesday' of a gunboat. The Gunboat Helga sailed up the Liffey on Wednesday the 26th of April. Under Saturday is written 'Impossible. GOC Surrender (illegible) Ceasefire' which corresponds with Patrick Pearse’s surrender. Entries for Sunday are the names of the various garrisons which surrendered on that day throughout the city.	en_IE
dc.format	TIFF	en_IE
dc.language.iso	English	en_IE
dc.relation	\\10.128.32.42\public\documents\1916\Breslinfamily\Adjusted\IRADiary1.tif	en_IE
dc.rights	Reproduced by kind permission of the Breslin family. South Dublin Libraries do not own the reproduction rights to this image. If you wish to reproduce this image please contact South Dublin Libraries Local Studies, County Library, Tallaght, or e-mail localstudies@sdublincoco.ie.	en_IE
dc.subject	1916 Rising	en_IE
dc.subject	Easter Rising	en_IE
dc.subject	Handwritten Diary	en_IE
dc.subject	Ignatius Callender	en_IE
dc.title	Contemporary diary of events of 1916 written by Ignatius Callender (a messenger) on a blank quarry invoice with evidence of having been folded and stored in a pocket.	en_IE
dc.type	Image	en_IE
dc.internal.visibility	1	en_IE
Appears in Collections:	1916-1921: Revolution Published Items

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