Copy of 'The Castle Document': "Secret orders issued to Military Officers...The following precautionary measures have been sanctioned by the Irish Office on the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding the Forces in Ireland...",
[April] 1916.
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| In collection: | Erskine Childers Papers |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | English |
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| Notes: | In handwriting at top: "Shortly before Rising 1916". On Wednesday,15 April 1916, the IRB forged a notice supposedly decoded from a communication emanating from Dublin Castle. It was printed on a hand press by Joseph Plunkett and Rory O'Connor at Larkfield House, Plunkett's home off the Lower Kimmage Road. It excluded punctuation marks and capitalisation due to the poor supply of printing font available to them. Known as the 'Castle Document', apparently ordering the execution of Eoin Mac Neil, arrest of Volunteer leaders and occupation of Dublin by the British Army, it was shown to MacNeill. He was then easily persuaded to give an order to the Irish Volunteers 'to resist any British action.' This was the order that the IRB needed to go ahead with the Rising. Physical description: 1 item (1 page). more |
| Arrangement: | Item |
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Copy of 'The Castle Document': "Secret orders issued to Military Officers...The following precautionary measures have been sanctioned by the Irish Office on the recommendation of the General Officer Commanding the Forces in Ireland...",
[April] 1916.
| In Collection: | Erskine Childers Papers |
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| Main Creator: | |
| Language: | English |
| Extent: | 1 item (1 page). |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Call Number: |
MS 48,087/15
(Manuscripts Reading Room) |
| Rights: | Reproduction rights owned by the National Library of Ireland. |
| Corporate Author: | Irish Republican Brotherhood |