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Black and white postcard showing destruction of buildings with people looking at scene in foreground
After the Sinn Fein Rising
Manuscript draft of the poem "Easter, 1916"

Section 6: My Mind Is Filled With Sorrow

On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, some 1,500 Irish Nationalists seized key sites in Dublin and proclaimed an Irish Republic. Smaller actions took place elsewhere. Outnumbered by British forces and shelled by artillery, the rebels surrendered after six days. Nearly 500 people were killed and thousands wounded, while whole blocks of central Dublin were destroyed. Fifteen leaders of the Rising were executed after summary trials, including the severely wounded James Connolly, who had to be tied to a chair to be shot; poet and teacher Patrick Pearse (Padraig Mac Piarais); and Maud Gonne's former husband, John MacBride. The harsh suppression of the Rising strengthened American support for the Nationalist cause, led to the Irish War of Independence (1919-21) and, ultimately, paved the way for the establishment of the Irish Free State.

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  • Manuscript draft of the poem "Easter, 1916"

    Section 6: My Mind Is Filled With Sorrow Introduction

  • Black and white postcard showing destruction of buildings with people looking at scene in foreground

    After the Sinn Fein Rising

  • handwritten letter by Lady Gregory on Coole letterhead

    My mind is filled with sorrow

  • typed draft of essay with handwritten corrections

    "What Was Their Utopia?"

  • blue-grey paper cover of book with typed title "Suantraidhe Agus Goltraidhe"

    Suantraidhe Agus Goltraidhe

  • handwritten poem

    "Croon of the Mountain Woman"

  • green paper cover with printed title "Easter, 1916" by W.B. Yeats

    "Easter, 1916" printed by Clement Shorter

  • Manuscript draft of the poem "Easter, 1916"

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