Learn about the selfless few who, while others struggled in the fight for Irish independence, struggled to save lives!
Join us at the GPO Museum and celebrate the front-line emergency services of today and commemorate those of the past. Focusing on the 1916 Rising, this specially researched tour will illustrate how the various emergency medical services active in Ireland at the time, both professional and voluntary, adapted to the unexpected surge of violence that gripped Dublin City during Easter Week 1916 and highlight the deeds of those who struggled to save lives amidst the violence.
Central to this tour will be the extent to which political and religious ideologies, so often focused on in Irish history, were put to the side as hundreds of medical staff, volunteers, and others uninvolved in the fighting took to the streets to help save lives.
Please note that this tour may not be suitable for children under the age of 12.
Image courtesy of the National Library of Ireland.