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THE SINN FEIN REBELLIONAS I SAW IT
Burnt-out Shell of General Post Office, showing the fallen Flagstaff which borethe Republican Flag.
THE SINN FEIN
REBELLION
AS I SAW IT
BY
MRS. HAMILTON NORWAY
(WIFE OF THE SECRETARY FOR THE POST OFFICEIN IRELAND)
With Illustrations, and Reproduction of the IrishRepublican Stamp on Cover
LONDON
SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE
1916
For these letters I claim no literarymerit: they were written during a periodof extraordinary strain for family perusalonly, and are a faithful record hour byhour of the Sinn Fein rebellion as I saw it.The wide interest the letters excited inthe family circle and the little that seemsto be known of a period of such intenseinterest is my reason for offering them toa wider public.
M. L. N.
July, 1916.
ILLUSTRATIONS
| Burnt-out Shell of General Post Office,showing the fallen Flagstaff whichbore the Republican Flag | Frontispiece |
| Armoured Car | Facing p. 86 |
[1]The Sinn Fein Rebellionas I Saw It
Royal Hibernian Hotel,
Dawson Street, Dublin,
Tuesday, April 25th.
Dearest G.,—I am afraid by this timeyou will have seen a good deal in the papersto cause you alarm, and as it is impossibleto get a letter or telegram through, I willwrite you a detailed account of what