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Thread #45911   Message #3787906
Posted By: Teribus
30-Apr-16 - 06:22 AM
Thread Name: BS: Easter Rising - April 24-29, 1916
Subject: RE: BS: Easter Rising - April 24-29, 1916
24th April Jom:

" a small team of Volunteers and Fianna Éireann members swiftly captured the Magazine Fort in the Phoenix Park and disarmed the guards. The goal was to seize weapons and blow up the ammunition store to signal that the Rising had begun. They seized weapons and planted explosives, but the blast was not big enough to be heard across the city.[64] The 23-year-old son of the fort's commander was fatally shot when he ran to raise the alarm.[65]

That is unarmed civilian Number 1 shot by your "Freedom Fighters" Jom - don't know about you but I'd call it murder.

"A contingent under Seán Connolly occupied Dublin City Hall and adjacent buildings.[66] They attempted to seize neighbouring Dublin Castle, the heart of British rule in Ireland. As they approached the gate a lone police sentry, James O'Brien, attempted to stop them and was shot dead by Connolly."

That is yet another instance of an unarmed man being gunned down - don't know about you Jom but I'd call it murder.

The difference of course is that the British Army pursued charges against the person you mention - he was found to be insane.