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The North King Street Massacre, Dublin 1916

thecommietommy · 2012-04-14 11:56:23

Probably the best known death of an innocent civilian in the 1916 would been pacifist Francis Sheehy Seffington. However, here is the account of 15 other innocent civilians shot or bayoneted to death by the South Staffordshire reginent in North King St. Now I believe that up to 254 civilians were killed and 2,217 wounded…

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14-04-2012 12:56pm

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thecommietommy

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Probably the best known death of an innocent civilian in the 1916 would been pacifist Francis Sheehy Seffington. However, here is the account of 15 other innocent civilians shot or bayoneted to death by the South Staffordshire reginent in North King St. Now I believe that up to 254 civilians were killed and 2,217 wounded mainly by British shelling, but if anyone has any other accounts of civilian deaths ?

http://www.theirishstory.com/2012/04/13/the-north-king-street-massacre-dublin-1916/

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#2 14-04-2012 4:57pm
johnny_doyle

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I think you mean Francis Sheehy Skeffington rather than Hannah.

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