Uncommon Valour: 1916 & The Battle for the South Dublin Union

On Easter Monday April 24, 1916, Irish Volunteers, under the command of Eamonn Ceannt occupied a number of strategic positions in Dublin. One of these buildings was the South Dublin Union. This building was intended as a counterpart south of the river Liffey to the General Post Office on the north of the river. By 2:00 p.m on Easter Monday, that small force of Irish Volunteers was under attack from a large force of the British army. This was to be the beginning of an intense, unremitting guerilla battle that would last until the 30th of April 1916. ""Filled with excitement, adventure and super human bravery.""-Irish American News, Aug. 2010 ""This book offers a detailed day-by-day account of the events of [the 1916 rising]""-Booknews