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Source: RTÉ Radio 1 News "This Week"

Roundup

3-19-06

1916: The Rising Revisited [11min]

Reconstruction of contributions by Mayo MP John Dillon (Bryan Dobson), Prime Minister Herbert Asquith (Michael Lewis) & Laurence Ginnell (Micheál Lehane) to a Commons debate in the immediate aftermath of the Rising.

Read entire article at RTÉ Radio 1 News "This Week"