Gun Running in Skerries

Paper 158

Lecture – 1990

Author – Wheatley, Terry

Giving a wide overview of the events leading up to the Rising of 1916, this paper also presents some of those who took part in these events, including Volunteers from Skerries and other parts of Fingal. In an Appendix, the author gives some biographical sketches of people such as Bulmer Hobson, Mary Spring Rice and Molly Childers.