April 24: the history they never taught you.

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.

Easter Rising: How the Rebels Cut Their Own Telegraph

Rebels in the 1916 Easter Rising seized the General Post Office—and in the process severed their own ability to communicate with the outside world.