6/4/2023 0 Comments Empire of sin executionIn the space of nine days, the British had shot 15 insurgents-but they were not done yet. May 12 marked the last day, for now, of the execution of rebel leaders. we have attempted to bring the masses of the Irish people into harmony with you, in this great effort at reconciliation-I say, we are entitled to every assistance from the Members of this House and this Government.” it is not murderers who are being executed it is insurgents who have fought a clean fight, a brave fight, however misguided, and it would be a damned good thing for you if your soldiers were able to put up as good a fight as did these men in Dublin-three thousand men against twenty thousand with machine-guns and artillery. “ I do most earnestly appeal to the Prime Minister to stop these executions. I admit they were wrong I know they were wrong, but they fought a clean fight, and they fought with superb bravery and skill, and no act of savagery or act against the usual customs of war that I know of has been brought home to any leader or any organized body of insurgents. “ conduct beyond reproach as fighting men. Sign up to IrishCentral's newsletter to stay up-to-date with everything Irish! Subscribe to IrishCentral The fact of the matter is that what is poisoning the mind of Ireland, and rapidly poisoning it, is the secrecy of these trials and the continuance of these executions. “I say I am proud of their courage, and, if you were not so dense and so stupid, as some of you English people are, you would have had these men fighting for you, and they are men worth having. In Dublin, according to the Irish Times, “The following results of trials, by Field General Court-martial, were announced at the Headquarters, Irish Command, Dublin: Sentenced to death, and sentence commuted to penal servitude by the General Officer, Commander-in-Chief, Edward de Valera, penal servitude for life.”Across the Irish Sea, there were fireworks in the House of Commons, courtesy of John Dillon, MP of the Irish Parliamentary Party, who stood up to lambast the British over their secret court-martial and executions: One-hundred-and-seven years ago yesterday, May 11, there were no executions, but there were two significant developments.
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