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The Easter Rising 1916

BBC Home Service
on BBC Home Service Basic

On Easter Monday 1916 a handful of Nationalists and Revolutionaries seized the General Post Office in Dublin and proclaimed the Irish Republic

Narrator, Robin Holmes
Reader, Micheal Mac Liammoir
and the recorded voices of:
Sean T. O'Kelly, ex-President, Mrs. Sean T. O'Kelly, Sean MacEntee, T.D., former Minister of Health, Major-General Joseph Sweeney, Major-General Piaras Beaslai, Cecil Ffrench Salkeld, Gen. and Mrs. Richard Mulcahy, Prof. Liam O'Brien, Prof. Owen Sheehy Skeffington, Cathal O'Shannon, Paddy O'Connor, Major George Thomson, Judge Fionan Lynch, Major Florence O'Donoghue, Denis McCullough, Mervyn Wall, Desmond Ryan, Senator Richard Hayes, Helena Moloney, Bulmer Hobson, Dominic O'Riordan, Peadar O'Donnell, William Douglas

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A long-playing record based on this programme is to be issued this month by Fontana Records (TL 5328)

Contributors

Narrator:
Robin Holmes
Reader:
Micheal Mac Liammoir
Compiled by/Producer:
R.D. Smith
Unknown:
Sean T. O'Kelly
Unknown:
Mrs. Sean T. O'Kelly
Unknown:
Sean MacEntee
Unknown:
Major-General Joseph Sweeney
Unknown:
Major-General Piaras Beaslai
Unknown:
Cecil Ffrench Salkeld
Unknown:
General Richard Mulcahy
Unknown:
Mrs. Richard Mulcahy
Unknown:
Prof. Liam O'Brien
Unknown:
Prof. Owen Sheehy Skeffington
Unknown:
Cathal O'Shannon
Unknown:
Paddy O'Connor
Unknown:
Major George Thomson
Unknown:
Fionan Lynch
Unknown:
Major Florence O'Donoghue
Unknown:
Denis McCullough
Unknown:
Mervyn Wall
Unknown:
Desmond Ryan
Unknown:
Richard Hayes
Unknown:
Helena Moloney
Unknown:
Bulmer Hobson
Unknown:
Dominic O'Riordan
Unknown:
Peadar O'Donnell
Unknown:
William Douglas
Source: Radio Times

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