The Sinn Fein Rebellion as I Saw It.

A vivid, day‑by‑day chronicle written by a Dublin household during the upheaval of April 1916, this collection offers an intimate glimpse of life as the city’s streets filled with armed volunteers and sudden checkpoints. The author, writing to a family member from a hotel near the General Post Office, records the escalating tension, the bustling crowds, and the bewildering mix of official orders and spontaneous riots that swirled around everyday errands and conversations. Interwoven with personal anecdotes, the letters capture the stark contrast between ordinary domestic concerns and the extraordinary events unfolding in the capital.

Accompanied by period photographs of the shattered G.P.O. and an illustration of an armored car, the narrative grounds its observations in the visual drama of the rebellion’s early days. Readers hear the clatter of telegrams, the hum of trams halted in College Green, and the uneasy anticipation that gripped neighbours as news of armed takeovers spread. The account preserves a raw, unfiltered voice that brings the atmosphere of that pivotal moment to life without revealing the later resolution of the conflict.