EPISODE · May 27, 2020 · 26 MIN
Rory Sweetman - Anzacs and the Easter Rising
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Historian Rory Sweetman discusses the research for his book connecting New Zealand soldiers and the Easter Week Irish Rising. "The Central Otago based writer says five New Zealanders, acting as the core of a small squad of colonial troops, shielded Trinity from capture after rebels launched a surprise attack. In his book Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916: Anzacs and the Rising, Rory quotes from letters the Kiwi soldiers wrote home." - rnz.co.nz Michelle Patient appears courtesy of AncestryProGeneologists.
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Historian Rory Sweetman discusses the research for his book connecting New Zealand soldiers and the Easter Week Irish Rising. "The Central Otago based writer says five New Zealanders, acting as the core of a small squad of colonial troops, shielded Trinity from capture after rebels launched a surprise attack. In his book Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916: Anzacs and the Rising, Rory quotes from letters the Kiwi soldiers wrote home." - rnz.co.nz Michelle Patient appears courtesy of AncestryProGeneologists.
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