Sixpence well spent

One of the few family items I have, passed to me by my Gt Aunt Mollie (Mary Anne) Niland

There's a nice film clip on the RTE Archives site advertising the production of the RTV Guide and a few clips re the Insurrection series.

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0314/774684-television-commemorates-the-ea

ster-rising/


https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0402/691546-rare-chance-to-see-rte-drama-insurrection/?view=print%3Fview

OK, the Rolls Royce armoured cars didn't arrived till after the Rising was over but it makes for interesting gun fire :

https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/0323/776859-critique-of-insurrection/


https://www.rte.ie/archives/category/media/2016/0309/773625-insurrection/


Who's that behind Pearse?

https://presspack.rte.ie/wp-content/blogs.dir/2/files/2016/03/2677_068.jpg


and also in the RTE Stills Library (search for Insurrection) :

https://stillslibrary.rte.ie/

Podcasts and Zoom sessions for the Lock Down

Two podcasts worth tuning into during lock down and beyond :


Donal Fallon's Three Castles Burning is available from a variety of Podcast services. Check the Come Here to Me website and choose your preferred option :
https://comeheretome.com/2019/11/24/announcing-three-castles-burning-a-dublin-social-history-podcast/


Lorcan Collins has stopped walking around Dublin at the moment but is still as engaging with his Revolutionary Ireland podcast :

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/revolutionary-ireland/id1511809051


Enjoy!!


Meanwhile, Facebook group Trasna na Tire  has been organizing a great range of presentations online via Zoom and then making the presentation available on their YouTube channel.

The group also has a website.



Off the usual track, the Western Front Association has a number of podcasts relating to Ireland e.g. The Defence of Trinity College during the Easter Rising and  an episode re Tom Barry is planned.

https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/the-latest-wwi-podcast/

Easter Rising and Zeppelin Raids

At noon on the 24th April 1916, ships of the German Navy set out to attack the east coast of England.

At the same time, Zeppelins of the German Navy set off to attack London and to support the above mentioned ships. 3 Zeppelins were held in support to do reconnaissance work for the ships

The Zeppelins that flew over England were :

L16 commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Werner Peterson

L13 commanded by Leutnant Heinrich Mathy

L21 commanded by Kapitän Leutnant der Reserve Max Dietrich

L11 commanded by Korvetten Kapitan Victor Schutze

L17 commanded by Kapitan Leutnant Herbert Ehrlich

L23 commanded by Kapitän Leutnant Otto von Schubert


The other Zeppelins are believed to be :

L6 commanded by Kapitan Leuntnant Hermann Kraushaar(?)

L20 commanded by Kapitan Leuntnant Franz Stabbert (?)

L7 commanded by Kapitan Leutnant Hempel covered the withdrawal of SMS Seydlitz after it struck a mine.


The Zeppelin base was in Tonder, what is now modern Denmark but which in WW1 was part of Germany :

http://www.zeppelin-museum.dk/main.php?page=home&lang=en

The following link is to a 1927 document outlining the raid on the English coast and some of the actions that took place :

https://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/Naval-Staff-Monographs-Vol.XVI_opt.pdf

Other Resources :
Ian Castle runs an interesting website and Facebook page re Zeppelin raids on the United Kingdom :

http://www.iancastlezeppelin.co.uk/home/4582467808

https://www.facebook.com/Zeppelins-Over-Britain-375595139490510/?ref=bookmarks

Ian has published on the subject of Zeppelins and their raids on the UK :

The First Blitz in 100 Objects

The Forgotten Blitz

The First Blitz : Bombing London in the First World War

Zoom and the Easter Rising - an online session with Marcus Howard and Derek Molyneaux

Zoom is proving an interesting tool during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Last night film maker Marcus Howard had the job of steering author Derek Molyneaux on task talking about the Easter Rising. What a great session these two put together. That did not feel like an hour - flew by.

The team at Trasne ne Tire have made a recording of the session available online :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsHJeW44nXc&feature=youtu.be

Enjoy :-)

Three Castles Burning Podcast

A new Podcast on the block worth a listen is the Three Burning Castles (the symbol of Dublin) podcast by Donal Fallon.

First episode is out now and deals with the incident at Bachelors Walk just before the outbreak of WW1 :

https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/three-castles-burning-donal-fallon-gEy9dJhbw2I/

Donal's website, Come Here to me, is always worth a visit for some interesting takes on life and history in Dublin :

https://comeheretome.com/

Guest presenter on Episode 1 is Lorcan Collins, author and lead guide on the highly recommended 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour

http://www.1916rising.com/

Private Thomas Highgate

8th September 1914 saw the execution of Private Thomas James Highgate of 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

Highgate was the first of over 300 members of the British Army who would be executed by the British Army during the course of World War 1 (WW1).

Stationed in Richmond Barracks, Dublin at the outbreak of WW1, 19year old Highgate and his comrades landed in France on 15th August 1914 and took part in the Battle of Mons.

He was arrested for desertion on the 6th September 1914, tried by Field General Court Martial without a defending officer or witnesses, found guilty and executed early on the 8th September 1914.

While the British Army did bury him, the grave was subsequently lost.

https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/879050/highgate,-thomas-james/

William Patrick O'Brien (aka Willie Pa/Liam)

A nice write up of the involvement of William/Liam O'Brien and his comrades in Cork during the Easter Rising appears on this post by Ruari Lynch

http://diarmuidlynch.weebly.com/irish-volunteers-officer-training-january-1916.html#


William/Liam was more active in 1916 than I had originally understood.

He died not too long after his release from Frongoch, having previously been a healthy and sporting individual