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World Service,25 Mar 2016,9 mins

The Easter Rising

Witness History

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At Easter 1916, Irish rebels tried to launch a revolution against British rule. Their small army held out in the General Post Office in Dublin for a week before surrendering to British troops. Simon Watts tells the story of the Easter Rising through archive eye-witness accounts. PHOTO: The aftermath of the Easter Rising (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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