This is the 15th episode in a series of audio stories from the Easter 1916 archives of the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland. The stories are narrated by Katherine McSharry, Head of Outreach with the National Library of Ireland and Irish voice artist Niall O Sioradáin.
In this episode, Niall O'Sioradáin reads from the handwritten statement of Patrick Pearse, who was was one of the seven signatories of the proclamation of the Irish Republic, and President of the Provisional Government.
He was court martialled and executed after the Easter Rising. This is an extract from Pearse’s handwritten account of his statement to the court martial.
