Prevention of Epidemic

One stark sentence illustrates the human cost of the Easter Rising. Fearing an outbreak of disease, this handbill was issued by the Administration in Dublin Castle. By Sunday 30 April, close to 2,000 people—mostly civilians—had been killed or injured, the GPO and other buildings were in ruins, and the insurgents had surrendered.

This handbill was fomerly owned by the legendary J.J. Simington who was general manager of The Irish Times in 1916.