VI. SATURDAY

VII. SUNDAY

VIII. THE INSURRECTION IS OVER

IX. THE VOLUNTEERS

X. SOME OF THE LEADERS

XI. LABOUR AND THE INSURRECTION

XII. THE IRISH QUESTIONS





FOREWORD

The day before the rising was Easter Sunday, and they were crying
joyfully in the Churches "Christ has risen." On the following day they
were saying in the streets "Ireland has risen." The luck of the moment
was with her. The auguries were good, and, notwithstanding all that has
succeeded, I do not believe she must take to the earth again, nor be
ever again buried. The pages hereafter were written day by day during
the Insurrection that followed Holy Week, and, as a hasty impression of
a most singular time, the author allows them to stand without any
emendation.