An Post, General Post Office

This guide to the General Post Office in Dublin recounts Easter Monday 1916, when armed rebels took over the building, raised a flag over the roof, and a schoolteacher named Patrick Pearse stepped onto the steps to read aloud a declaration of Irish independence. You'll hear how rebels under labor leader James Connolly barricaded the windows and settled in for an assault that did not come, and about the eerie quiet that followed. Look closely at the columns out front as you stand where Pearse once stood.