RAINBOW FARMS AUSTRALIA
MAY 1916 - 3.
"1916 Irish Uprising Ends - Artificial Partition Begins."
May 1st - Monday: 238
The
Irish defenders who were taken
prisoner in Dublin were
to be
"imprisoned" at the
"Richmond Barracks," by the
British Imperial Government's Military
Forces, and while they were on the way there they were to be
"depressed" by
what seemed to be a "lack of any understanding" at this
stage by the people along the way who were
looking on, of what their previous efforts had been all "about," as it had seemed to
them that there were few among those particular "onlookers," who showed any real sympathy with their attempt
during the 1916 Irish Easter
Uprising, to try and bring about
Irish Independence / Irish Freedom from British Imperialism. On arriving at the
"Richmond Barracks," they were
to be "separated" from each other, with all of those
who were "identified" by the
British Imperial Coalition's "G Men"
who
had their
stronghold in
the Dublin Castle
(The Devil's 1/2 acre) as they endeavoured to remove the most prominent Irish
"leaders," besides anyone of the others
who they considered were still a "threat,"
which included he young
Michael Collins,
Con O Donovan and
Jack Shouldice. While waiting fr his turn
Michael Collins thought he heard a
"voice" calling out to him,
encouraging him to "come out" of the particular
group that he was in, and then he heard the "call" twice again, so he responded to the call, and through this simple intervention
he
was to be able to "survive" to fight another day, and
also through his personal strong "committment" go on to change the course of
Irish
History as an exceptonal individual. At first the
British
Government was to forward him along with many of the others over to a
British
prison
in Stafford
in England, and from
there to another British prison in
"Frongoch"
in
Wales,
where he was to become the "leader" there, while the
British
Imperial Government now
in "desperation" continued to carry out blanket "arrests" of
any Irishmen in Ireland at all without any real "justification"
or cause, all over
Ireland,
while Eamonn de Valera,
who had been one of the
Irish Volunteer
Dublin Brigade's commanders, was placed in with
the "aged" Count
Plunkett,
John O Mahony and
Lawrence O Neill,
to be interned to await his "sentence," while naturally fearing the worst. The
British Imperial Government then produced a
"selected group," who they had decided
were to be put before a
British Imperial
Court Marshall, while the rest of
the Irish
prisoners were to be
shuffled off to other various "Concentration Camps" also in
England,
without even a trial, to serve
8
months there in their British prisons," while those
who were not required for the
"Court
Marshalls" were to be forwarded on to the
Stafford Detention Barracks
also in
England, where the numbers
of "arrested" Irishmen to be imprisoned there was to
grow to
2500 whether they were personally involved in the
1916 Irish Uprising or not.
With their
ongoing usual acts of any chance of "humanity" and their usual Imperial "stupidity," further
"arrests" were then carried out by the
British Imperial
Coalition's Dublin Castle authorities in
Ireland, with
Irish men
or women,
being "arrested" at random,
regardless of whether they had also had any involvement in
the Uprising
or not,
which as usual once again certainly did not help the British Coalition's
position at all in the eyes of the populatiion in Ireland.
Among those "arrested" was
Hanna Sheehy -
Skeffington, who was also "falsley" imprisoned, and when she was eventually
to be
released, she refused an offer of
10,000 pounds for
"Blood Money"
made to her by the British
Coalition for the
previous
cold - blooded "murder" of
her husband,
Francis Sheehy -
Skeffington the well known "peace
loving" individual, who everyone knew was a definite "pacifist" who had also been
"arrested" while he was trying to stop looters in Dublin
and then "imprisoned" in the
British Military
barracks also where
Captain
Bowe - Colthurst,
an EnglishMilitary
Officer, had also arrested two "innocent journalists" in
Thomas Dickinson, and
Patrick Mac Intyre. He then proceeded
to carry out "cold - blooded" murder on the 3 of them at
the same time, when he had them placed up against a wall and
"executed" by a firing squad, on his own
volition, and for no particular reason, and as usual he too was
eventually "acquitted" by the
British
Coalition authorities in the Dublin Castle on the grounds of "Insanity,"
Also in another act of British Imperialism 15
Irishmen who
were suspected of being involved in the
Uprising,
were to also be "executed" in cold
blood, by the British Imperial Coalition without a
"trial
"
also
and over a "long drawn out" period, which was to eventually "backfire" on them
while showing the whole "World" what they were all about with their "Imperialistic" attitude
carried out under the auspices of their
"Immoral Union" of total "indifference" to the rights as
Irishmen and with the "continuing" stupidity of those in
authority as to the type
of British Justice that was continually handed out in Ireland
to the general population of Ireland
for over 7 Centuries'
The
"National Volunteers / Redmonites" who were still operating under
John Redmond
the "leader" of the Irish Parliamentary Party,had assisted the
Dublin Castle's
R.I.C
police and the
British
Military Forces, while the general
public was also "hostile" to the
remaining Irish prisoners who were now being held in
the Dublin prisons, as they were lead away to the
"Rotunda Hospital," where they were to
be left until the following
Sunday
morning, and
John Redmond, the
leader of what was by now a desperate "failing"
Irish
Parliamentary
Party, who was still hoping to win points,
sought his opportunity, and also "publicly"
denounced them in the
Westminster Parliament in England. Although the Irish
Republicans / I.R.B. who had participated in the
1916 Irish Uprising
had been prepared for a "military
defeat," all of this furter negativity only continued to "lower" their remaining spirits, as they
also now seemed to be facing a
more "moral" defeat of their making.
Sir
John Maxwell, the British
Imperial Government's
"Commander in Chief,"
had by now replaced
Augustine Birrell the
previous British Chief Secretary in
Ireland, who had resigned
his position,
"warning"
Herbert Asquith the
British Imperial Coalition Prime Minister,
that, "It
was not an Irish
Rebellion, but it could easily become one,"
but
Sir
John Maxwell,
with the
usual British
Imperial
Military disregard of any sign of "humanity" in
Ireland, passed
90 Death
sentences, of which
75
were to be later committed to "Penal Servitude" in British
prisons,
while
picking out a further
15
Irishmen,
who he was later to "execute" in cold blood, without
any trial, whose British Imperial sentences
were to be finally read out, "after" they were to be "executed." To make
matters even worse, the "executions" of these
15
Irishmen were to be
"dragged out"
over a 10 day period, when all were exterminated
one by one by shooting them in cold blood, including the
7
Irishmen
who had previously had the "intestinal fortitude" to sign the
"Proclamation
of Irish
Independence."
Even
Edward Carson,
who was
the "leader" of the "Ulster
Unionists" and a member of the British Coalition, also tried to
"stop" the shootings,
and warned the British Coalition
Cabinet
that by carrying out these "executions" they were creating
"Irish
Martyrs,"
while
Arthur Griffith, the
"leader" of the
"political"
Sinn Fein
Party, was appalled at the continuing
"insensitivity and stupidity"
of the
British Imperial Coalition in carrying out
these executions, although he also said that he, "Knew that they were
obtuse and
brutal
enough
to do it."
May 3rd: Patrick Pearse, the Irish I.R.B. / Irish Republican Brotherhood "leader," was to be the one who they "executed" by firing squad "first" without a trial and in cold blood, who had stated prior to his execution that, "My sons were faithful, they fought," then the next to be "executed" was Tom Clarke, the Old Republican, who was 59 year old and married to the young Ned Daly's older sister, Kathleen, and then they "executed" John Mac Bride, the husband of Maude Gonne and the father of Sean Mac Bride who would go on to found "Amnesty International" in the future. Arthur Griffith, the founder of the Gaelic League and the "political" Sinn Fein Party, was also among those "arrested and imprisoned" in "Wandsworth Prison," although he had "not been" involved in anyway in the 1916 Irish Easter Uprising, as he had been "opposed" to their particular course of action, although he had tried to join in once it was full on.Those who had been in command of the I.R.B. / Irish Republican Brotherhood had wanted to keep him "out" of it, as they were prepared for defeat, but they needed him to stay "free" to publicize the events that had opccurred and to speak out on the reasons "why" they did finally carry out the 1916 Irish Uprising, but he would still not be released until 25th December from "Reading Prison" in England, along with the other Irish prisoners that were still being held there in those British prisons. The British Coalition had reason to be wary of him as he was to be a "methodical organizer" and would continue to "inspire" the population in Ireland to be aware of their "true heritage" and what they could "acheive" if they continued to stand up to the British Imperial Governments and gain their Irish Independence / Freedom and this is why he was to become known as the "The Father Of The Irish Nation."
May 4th - Thursday: Joseph Plunkett, was the next to be "executed" by the British Coalition's Firing Squad, who had married Grace Gifford, the sister - in - law of Thomas Mac Donagh prior to his execution, and he too was also despached without a trial and also "killed" in cold blood.
May 5th: They then "executed" Thomas Mac Donagh, who was a member of the I.R.B. Military Council and the overall "leader" of the 4 Irish Volunteers Dublin Brigades.
May 7th:
Sinead de Valera,
the wife
of
Eamonn de Valera,
was desperate to save his life, so she went to see the
"American Consul" to plead for their
intercession in his case, as he had been born in
"America." In
May
8th:
Eamonn Kent / Ceannt and
Michael Mallon were
taken from their cell to
carry out their individual "executions," and they put in
Con O Donovan and
Jack Shouldice, to replace them, and
they then "executed" the disabled
John Mac Dermott /
Sean Mac Diarmada
who was from the
I.R.B. / Irish
Republican Brotherhood,
along with
Eamonn
Kent / Ceannt who had also been a commander
in the
1916 Irish Easter Uprising,
both
of whom were put before the British Government's Firing Squad in the prison at "Kilmainham" in
Dublin, which is now a museum to the memory of
their "Ultimate"
committment to try and bring about Irish Independence /
Freedom.
Michael Collins,
was to be so moved by the death of
John Mac Dermott, that he was to express the opinion,
"That
Ireland
will never see another of his like," and
was to be personally severely emotionally upset by his "execution," as he had a
great "admiration" for
him, and believed that he was "A
True Son of
Ireland,"
and an "inspiration" to all of his fellow
Countrymen.
The staid Eamonn de Valera
was to inform the
British Imperial Government authorities in the
Dublin Castle, that he was an
Irishman,
not a
British subject, as both he and
Thomas Ashe had also been sentenced to
"death," which was later to be commuted to "life imprisonment" and they were
first also placed in "Mountjoy Jail" in
Dublin, along with
Harry Boland,
Jack Mac Ardle, Richard King,
Michael de Lacy, Seamus Rafter,
Con O Donovan, Jack
Shouldice, Frank Lawless
and
James O Sullivan.
To get them out of Ireland also
a week later, they were all loaded onto a boat and
sent "over" to
England, to be incarcerated in
"Dartmoor Prison,"
while
Eamonn de Valera's
half -
brother, Father
Wheelwright
in "America,"
together with other
Redemptorist Priests,
approached the
"American Senators"
there
to ask
President
Woodrow Wilson
to
intervene to reduce his sentence, but he "refused" to do so.
May
12th:
The British Imperial Coalition Government authorities in the
Dublin Castle
(The Devill's 1/2 Acre) then "executed" James
Connelly, the
socialist Labour leader, who was
also shot, although he had been severely
wounded previously and incapacitated and also while he was sitting on a chair in
"Kilmainham
Jail" in
Dublin
and
Michael Collins,
had since gained much respect for him, as he considered him to be a
"realist."
The
other
8 Irishmen
the British Imperial Government then "executed" by
shooting in cold blood, included
Con Colbert
of the
Fianna,
Michael
Mallon
who had been
an
Irish commander, and
Sean Heuston who was only a
youth who was from the Irish Citizen Army.
They also "executed" another youth in
Ned
Daley, who was shot
because he fought at the Four Courts,
who left behind
9
sisters, as he was the "only boy" in his family.
Michael O Hanrahan,
an
Irish Volunteer, was also
"executed" by shooting, and
also
Liam
/ Willie
Pearse was
also "executed" in cold blood, for no other reason, then he was
Patrick Pearse's "brother."
Thomas Kent /
Ceannt was also
"executed" for
being involved in the "killing" of an
R.I.C. Sergeant in
Cork on the
Tuesday.
Countess
Constance Markievicz
nee Gore - Booth,
who was an
officer in the Irish Citizen
Army, was "imprisoned" after she was to have her "death sentence" commuted, along with
Helena
Molony,
another of the group, who was also "imprisoned."
Edward O Dwyer the
Catholic Archbishop of
Limerick,
denounced
Sir
John
Maxwell
the British Imperial "Commander in Chief" in Ireland, for his
"extreme brutality," and
also for his outright "stupidity," and
told him, "You
have outraged the conscience of the Country."
As the general
population in Ireland took it all in, the horror of it all began to
"sink in," and it
all soon turned to "anger,"
against the stupidity and lack of any "humanity" shown once again by the
British Imperial
Government, until eventually
it began to turn to a "groundswell" of
"admiration" for the
Irish Republicans,
who had fought to "free" the population in
Ireland
from the grip of the oppressive British
"Immoral Union"
and who had been willing to pay the "ultimate price" to try and bring about their
Irish Independence /
Freedom for all of those
in the population in Ireland who had been
for "Centuries" and were still were being"oppressed" in
Ireland, by the British Imperial
authorities in the Dublin Castle
and their masters in England.
George Bernard Shaw was
moved to comment.
"The British Government are canonising all of their Irish
prisoners."
The British Imperial Coalition Government's continuing actions of "arresting" Irishmen and women without any "reason or trial," further "upset" many more of the previously "disinterested" general population in Ireland, as great numbers of "innocent"people in Ireland were continued to be "taken away," and the general cause of Irish Independence / Freedom was then given "further" great strength, as the British Imperial Coalition Government built up even "greater reasons" for the increasing Irish resistance to their "oppressive" authority in Ireland carried out by the Dublin Castle (The Devill's 1/2 Acre) authorities. With their usual disregard for the "common rights" of the Irish population, they continuing on with their incessant campaign to show the population as usual in Ireland who was really running Ireland under the British Imperial "Immoral Union," while making further "great numbers" of substantial "arrests," expecting those who were among their numerous Irish "prisoners" although they may be "innocent," to come "forward" and leave the other Irishmen there to their fate, but much to their despair, the "innocent" Irish did not, and this further aggravated the "unpopular position" the British Imperial Government already held within the population of Ireland and also now in the rest of the "World" who were looking on at this never - ending ongoing tragedy.
May:
Dennis
Mac Cullough,
the "President"
of the
I.R.B. / Irish Republican Brotherhood Supreme Council,
had also supported the
1916 Irish Easter Uprising, and he too was
"imprisoned" along with
the old Labor supporter
William
O Brien,
Sean O Kelly,
Ernest Blythe,
Richard Mulcahy and
Sean Russell,
while
Liam Mellowes, who had since returned
to Ireland from "America," to
command the
Irish Volunteers in the west of
Ireland,
was able to once again
slip away and "escape" back to
America.
Eamonn
de Valera,
who had been an Irish Volunteer Brigade commander in the
Dublin Brigades,
was now sent to "Pentonville Jail"
also
in England,
and as he was
"American"
born
Joseph Mac Garritty, from the
Clann na Gael / The Organization in
America, did everything he could on
his behalf there to ensure that he was not among those that were "executed."
Edmund Duggan, who was a supporter of
the "political"
Sinn
Fein Party, was also "arrested," while
Tomas
Derrig, who they
could find nothing against, was "deported" out of Ireland by the
British Imperial Coalition's
Dublin Castle authorities. The
"Irish
National
Aid Association," was now set up to
assist the
Irish
families of those who were
either "killed," or
"imprisoned," and over time two thirds of
those who had been previously imprisoned had to be finally released by the
British Coalition Government due to
a lack of
any
sought of "evidence" against them.
The
650
Irishmen,
who were to be
still left "behind"
in
the British prisons,
would
also tell the British Coalition Government
authorities "nothing," so in desperation they then tried to
"force" them to join the
British Imperial Military
Forces, for if they refused
to join, they were then "imprisoned" for up to
2 years,
while pnother section of
122
Irish
prisoners, who the British Imperial Coalition Government
considered were the actual "leaders" of the
1916 Irish Easter Uprising, were kept in the
"Dartmoor Prison" and
"Portland Prison" in England, with another
18 sentenced to
further "hard labour." The
publicity and exposure to all of this "ongoing" turmoil allowed many more people throughout the
whole "World," to become more "aware" of what was
really going on in Ireland, and they in turn were becoming more
"upset" by the
continuing "harsh" treatment being handed out to the
general population also in Ireland. One of these
was
Robert Childers - Barton,
who had been previously a British
Military Army
officer himself and who was also a Land Lord in Ireland, who
had resigned his commission, and joined the
I.R.B. /
Irish Republican Brotherhood, and he now also became a great "supporter" of the
cause for
Irish
Independence / Irish Freedom.
May 16th:
David Lloyd
- George a Welshman who was the
British "Home Minister" at this time, initiated "negotiations" to try and resolve the
British Imperial
Government's problems with
Ireland, which
was as usual to go on
for another 2
years, and achieve "nothing," as the actual survivors
of the 1916
Irish Uprising
were to take "no part" in these discussions, as it was really they, not
John Redmond
the "leader" of the declining
Irish
Parliamentary Party, who were now becoming the "dominant factor" in the
"politics" of
Ireland. Herbert Asquith,
the
British Imperial Coalition Prime Minister
and his Cabinet, were by
now finally aware
that Irish
Affairs needed a vast "new approach," if they were ever going to placate public
opinion in
America, so he made
a trip to Ireland
personally, to try and
re - establish "goodwill" with the population
of Ireland, and regain the confidence in his own Imperial
Coalition Government, but
like so many others before him he had left
his run "too late. "
May 29th: David Lloyd - George, as a member of Herbert Asquith's British Coalition Cabinet, wanted the 3rd Irish Home Rule Act implemented "before" the War with Germany came to an "end," and he wrote to the "Official Unionist" leader, Edward Carson informing him of his opinion as to the 6 Counties of Ireland to be "artificially partitioned" from the 9 Counties of Ireland in the Ulster Province, by the British Imperial Government suggesting that these 6 Counties of Ireland were to be known to the British Imperial Government as Northern Ireland, when eventually "separated" for the retention of the Ascendancy in Ireland, as the Ascendancy had considered the other 3 Counties of Ireland had "too many Catholic Irish" in them to gain "complete control" over the Ulster Province to continue on with the Ascendancy. They would not be able to gain "complete control" there, if all of the Catholic Irish in Ulster were to be included in their plans, so David Lloyd - George informed him that at the "end" of the stipulated Provisional period of 6 years, after the British Imperial Government's "artificial partition"of Ireland was to occur, they would "not" have to merge back into Ireland," whether the majority of the population in Ireland "willed" it or not" as he wanted him to pass the British Coalition Government's decision onto William Craig the other Ascendancy hard - line Unionist leader there in Ulster Province. The British Imperial Coalition Government's intention that Co. Antrim, Co. Armagh, Co. Derry, Co. Down, Co. Fermanagh and Co. Tyrone were to be "left out" of the "whole" of Ireland for 6 years, was then accepted by Edward Carson the "Official Unionist" leader in Ulster Province, and also by John Redmond the "leader" of the declining Irish Parliamentary Party, who had no idea by now of what was really "going on" in Ireland, as he was well "out of touch" with the real feelings of the general population in Ireland itself. John Redmond, had expected that the exclusion of the 6 Counties in the Ulster Province from the 9 Counties there in the Uster Province, would only be "temporary," while on the other hand, Edward Carson now expected it to be "permanent," so eventually their negotiations came to "nothing," but John Redmond's standing in Ireland as a leader was to continue to be "depleted" further for being willing "to accept" the "artificial partition" of Ireland, and therefore of its people.