A Wrong Turn Bought Dublin's Rebels Six Hours
Early 20th Century

A Wrong Turn Bought Dublin's Rebels Six Hours

A single dispatch rider took the wrong road in Dublin on Easter Monday 1916—and because of it, the British Army spent the first six hours fighting a battle that didn't need to happen.

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20th CenturyBritish EmpireDublinEaster RisingIrelandIrish IndependenceJames ConnollyMilitary StrategyPatrick PearseResistanceWorld War I Eratrip-stop:dublintrip:normandy-2026

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