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Easter 1916. 5th Letter. Dame St My last letter left me at the corner of the narrow lane behind Tlvane when after forty eight hours unrelieved, it occurred to Mr Mc Tlvane to halve the number of posts and thus provide relief, as it would be impossible to carry on indefinitely with all his small force on entrance sentry go. We took possession of the cinema which had its back overcoats in our lane and the front entrance in Dame St, and blankets and coverings whilst we slept. We had from now on four hours on sentry and four hours off so managed to get some much needed rest, it was very cold in the empty cinema but we were so tired that we slept despite the driven out by the place had been occupied by Sein Feiners who had been placed.", "format": "text/plain" }, "target": "https://www.baimages.ie/iiif/2/TcapuchinsTpapers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2T131972.jpg/full/max/0/default.jpg/canvas/1#xywh=144,235,2557,209" }, { "id": "https://mymanifests.com/catholicarchives/annotations/capuchins/papers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2/131972/p01.json#anno-2", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "supplementing", "body": { "type": "TextualBody", "value": "The bayonet, and the walls were bullet marked in several places, but the we spent some forty eight hours with the cinema as our base, plus the folling evening were detailed to watch the toll bridge across The Lifey from The Astone quay side. By this time the General Post Office was in flames and it became too hot for its garrison, numbers of them fled across Sackville St many of them being shot down by a machine gun mounted in a window of Trinity College. Sackville St and Edene quay with the corner of Bachelors Walk also burst into flame, making an awful but beautiful scene. Our duty now was to prevent The Halfpenny Bridge being used as a way of escape to our side of the river. Jacob's Biscuit Factory was not in hands of the enemy under the command of De Valera and it was not our intention to allow fugitives from our side of the river to strengthen its garrison. I and another chap lay on blankets in the middle of the road on Astone quay, whilst opposite us the quays went up in flame. I shall never witness such a sight again. No attempt was made to extinguish the flames as the firemen having come under fire from the rebels had withdrawn to safety. The beauty of the spectacle was amazing as the buildings seemed to blaze from floor to roof with perfect eveness, no part burning more fiercely than another. It was just as if an immense collision comb was aflamed the doors and windows belching flame as through the teeth of the comb. At one moment of my spell of sentry a half hearted attempt was made to cross the bridge, a small crowd running to the bridge entrance at the further side of the river. The upper window of a house opposite the bridge pay box was quickly opened and a voice shouted warning and the party dispersed. The window was shut down. All the work of a moment. Whether the warning conveyed the fact that the bridge was guarded at our side I cannot say, but the crowd", "format": "text/plain" }, "target": "https://www.baimages.ie/iiif/2/TcapuchinsTpapers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2T131972.jpg/full/max/0/default.jpg/canvas/1#xywh=234,879,2233,120" }, { "id": "https://mymanifests.com/catholicarchives/annotations/capuchins/papers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2/131972/p01.json#anno-3", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "supplementing", "body": { "type": "TextualBody", "value": "would hardly sheer off merely because the bridge was closed. We abstained from giving the position away by firing, because lying in the middle of the road as we were, once located by the flash from our rifles, we would have been easy meat for marksmen in the opposite houses. At daybreak we returned to our posts near The Castle and at night were at our former posts as sentries. The burning of Sackville St and Edene quay was the beginning of the end, and we began to hear of parleying with a view to surrender. The principal points held by the enemy were, The G.P.O., The Four Courts, Surgeons Hall, and Jacobs Biscuit Factory. About four in the afternoon Countess Markisvitz at the head of her men marched along Dame St towards The Castle, having surrendered. She was dressed in a dark green uniform, Tunic, Breeches, and leggings, and appeared to be smoking a cigar. Leading events during the trouble were, The burning of Sackville St, Edene quay and the shell-ling and burning of Liberty Hall. The successful defence of the loads", "format": "text/plain" }, "target": "https://www.baimages.ie/iiif/2/TcapuchinsTpapers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2T131972.jpg/full/max/0/default.jpg/canvas/1#xywh=287,2356,1897,80" }, { "id": "https://mymanifests.com/catholicarchives/annotations/capuchins/papers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2/131972/p01.json#anno-4", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "supplementing", "body": { "type": "TextualBody", "value": "Letters from Dublin. Easter 1916. 5th Letter. In charge of our cavalry escort, much needed sinnew of war for our opponents, and the invention of The Guinness Locomotive which was door steps for the conveyance in safety of the troops right on to the heavy of the enemy. That had been the great snag. Lesses had been so heavy getting into more contact before their arrival on the scene, that they must undoubtedly be recorded the deciding factor, the root cause of the early surrender of the enemy. The guns were entirely elipsed and proved entirely unusual for use in congested street fighting. The only places were they were really useful were at Liberty Hall, which was shelled from the river upon which it fronted, and the solitary instance of Breadstones Bridge which was in a straight line with the gun captured shelled from a position in the same road. Had our wagons been captured by the enemy it would have made a tremendous difference as the bombs, hifle were all simple to use and needed no special weapons. Mills apple to use Greades, Rifle Ammunition and Very Lights, all useful and simple to use and needing little instruction for to enable their petential destructive power freely play against us. I really think Sein Fein Slipped out the whooe Areally determined effort would have secured them. Throughout the house affair Sein Fein contented themselves with holding the positions they simply walked into. Never once did they attempt a sortice. Needless to say battles are not von in that fashion. We should have broken the Rising in the end, and it would have undoubtedly have been a longer job, and cost a deal more in lives lost had not the improvised armoured cur come to our rescue. Losing was unshooted, besides the popular, I saw both officers and men helping themselves to the contents of shop windows.", "format": "text/plain" }, "target": "https://www.baimages.ie/iiif/2/TcapuchinsTpapers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2T131972.jpg/full/max/0/default.jpg/canvas/1#xywh=3257,190,1552,61" }, { "id": "https://mymanifests.com/catholicarchives/annotations/capuchins/papers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2/131972/p01.json#anno-5", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "supplementing", "body": { "type": "TextualBody", "value": "I have heard that the City Hall and the newspaper offices opposite The Castle were strongly held by Sein Fein, but as they commanded the Castle Gate and part of the yard from their windows they simply had to be taken, and it was done by dismounted cavalry and yeomy and bloody work it was by all accounts. This was before my party reached the Greate. Enjaming was persistent throughout and lasted at isolated long after the leaders had surrendered. A block of buildings from which persistent enjaming had come would be surrounded and whilst thus surrounded a house to house search would be carried out. Nothing would be found but hardly had the troops withdrawn them enjaming would be resumed as strongly as ever. People would come to their doors, give tea and cake to the soldiers, then go inside and shut their doors, and in some cases take weapons from their hiding places, and enjame at those who were eating their cake. A noticeable change took place when General Maxwell took charge from that moment things took an ordered come very much in our favour but again the men I would thank is the unknown genius who devised the Guinness Locomotive. His was the finest weapon and the troops were eager to do so and papped into the boiler with smiling faces.", "format": "text/plain" }, "target": "https://www.baimages.ie/iiif/2/TcapuchinsTpapers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2T131972.jpg/full/max/0/default.jpg/canvas/1#xywh=3102,968,2148,120" }, { "id": "https://mymanifests.com/catholicarchives/annotations/capuchins/papers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2/131972/p01.json#anno-6", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "supplementing", "body": { "type": "TextualBody", "value": "I forget to mention an ead little scene which I saw soon after reaching The Castle. Being by nature very curious, when I saw some of the men descending some steps inside The Castle I followed them and found it led to a coal cellar empty except for the bodies of three of our men who had been left just as the surgeons had examined them, laid out on sheets sent to their brother and a fine surgeon had examined them - specimens - of - Manhood - foot high and well proportioned. One had a tiny puncture over the heart, a bantea in size had been shot in the abdomen and in contrast to the others who were in death a gentle peaceful look, had an agonised look on his face, and both hands clutching his wound. I dont know why access was given to these bodies unless the authorities thought it well to put vangeful hearts into our men. Its effect on myself was just scaness that such damned foolishness should cause such woe.", "format": "text/plain" }, "target": "https://www.baimages.ie/iiif/2/TcapuchinsTpapers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2T131972.jpg/full/max/0/default.jpg/canvas/1#xywh=3086,2092,1905,63" }, { "id": "https://mymanifests.com/catholicarchives/annotations/capuchins/papers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2/131972/p01.json#anno-7", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "supplementing", "body": { "type": "TextualBody", "value": "Shortly M. 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Easter 1916. 5th Letter.", "format": "text/plain" }, "target": "https://www.baimages.ie/iiif/2/TcapuchinsTpapers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2T131972.jpg/full/max/0/default.jpg/canvas/1#xywh=5666,274,1068,61" }, { "id": "https://mymanifests.com/catholicarchives/annotations/capuchins/papers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2/131972/p01.json#anno-9", "type": "Annotation", "motivation": "supplementing", "body": { "type": "TextualBody", "value": "To sum up. The reason for the heavy casualties was largely, the fact that a large proportion of the troops employed were young soldiers who had never gone through a", "format": "text/plain" }, "target": "https://www.baimages.ie/iiif/2/TcapuchinsTpapers-of-the-capuchin-annual-and-the-irish-capuchin-publications-office-2T131972.jpg/full/max/0/default.jpg/canvas/1#xywh=7327,363,493,62" } ] } ] } ], "metadata": [ { "label": { "en": [ "Level of description" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "Item" ] } }, { "label": { "en": [ "Date" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "1916" ] } }, { "label": { "en": [ "Reference" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "6" ] } }, { "label": { "en": [ "Extent and medium" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "4 pp; typescript" ] } }, { "label": { "en": [ "Scope and content" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "A copy of a letter from Charles Lynch to ‘Willie’ referring to his company taking positions in a cinema on Dame Street during the latter stages of the Rising. He notes that the cinema had previously been ‘occupied by Sinn Feiners who had been driven out by the bayonet, and the walls were bullet marked in several places’. He also describes the shelling and destruction of Sackville Street and the North Quays. He affirms that his duty was to ‘prevent the Halfpenny Bridge being used as a way of [rebel] escape to our side of the river’. He later describes the capitulation of some of the rebel garrisons, and particularly the surrender of Constance Markievicz. He refers to the mistakes made by the rebels during the insurrection and to the ‘unchecked looting’ which took place. He also suggests that ‘a noticeable change took place’ upon the arrival of General Sir John Maxwell. Thereafter the fighting ‘took an ordered course’. Reference is also made to the youth and inexperience of the British soldiers, the casualties suffered by the army, and the reasons for their heavy losses. Incidences of indiscriminate shooting and civilian deaths are also mentioned. Lynch wrote ‘Personally, I never used my rifle through the whole of the trouble, not that I would have done so had I seen a definite enemy’. Finally, Lynch expresses his opinions on the reasons for the outbreak of the Rising. The letter is titled ‘Letters from Dublin. Easter 1916. 5th Letter’. An annotation in pencil on the second page reads ‘Charles M. Lynch / 29 Antrobus Street, SW1’. The annotation is dated 28 January 1942." ] } }, { "label": { "en": [ "Repository" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "Irish Capuchin Archives" ] } }, { "label": { "en": [ "Context" ] }, "value": { "en": [ "Irish Capuchin Archives > Papers of 'The Capuchin Annual' and the Irish Capuchin Publications Office > Papers of Fr. 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