What happened to the ducks in St. Stephen’s Green during the 1916 Easter Rising?
In Peter de Rosa’s book “Rebels: The Irish Rising of 1916”, there is a fascinating story about the role of James Kearney, the park keeper of St Stephen’s Green, during the Easter Rising. On April 25th, 1916, Countess Markiewicz, who was overseeing the military engagement in the park, spotted an unarmed man holding a brown […]
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