The dramatic story of the birth of Irish radio during the 1916 Rising was re-enacted on air by 37 radio stations across the state this evening at 5.30, one hundred years to the original date and exact time of the first broadcast, which announced the declaration of the Irish Republic.The morse code message written by James Connolly and transmitted by Marconi operator David Burke read:” Irish Republic declared in Dublin today. Irish troops have captured city and are in full possession. Enemy cannot move in city. The whole country rising.” It was the brainchild of Joseph Plunkett, a wireless expert who recognised the power of radio.The broadcast took place 190 metres from the GPO at what was then The Wireless School of Telegraphy on Sackville Street, now O’Connell Street.
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