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"You ask me to write you an account of my experiences and of the activities of the women of Easter Week. I am afraid that I can only give you a little account of those who were enrolled with me in the Irish Citizen Army, and those who were with me or whom I met during the week. Some were members of Cumann na mBan, and others, just women who were prepared to die for Ireland. "My activities were confined to a very limited area. I was mobilised for Liberty Hall and was sent from there via the City Hall to St Stephen’s Green, where I remained. "On Easter Monday morning there was a great hosting of disciplined and armed men at Liberty Hall. "Padraic Pearse and James Connolly addressed us and told us that from now on the Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army were not two forces, but the wings of the Irish Republican Army. "There were a considerable number of Irish Citizen Army women. These were absolutely on the. . . " Full at: https://theirishrevolution.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/constance-markievicz-on-some-women-in-easter-week/ _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
