Thomas Clarke.
Sean Macdiarmada.
Thomas Macdonagh.
P. H. Pearse.
Eamonn Ceannt.
James Connolly.
Joseph Plunkett.
[MANIFESTO ISSUED FROM THE REBEL HEADQUARTERS, GENERAL POST OFFICE.]
Headquarters Army of the Irish Republic.
General Post Office, Dublin.
28th April 1916—9.30 a.m.
The Forces of the Irish Republic, which was proclaimed in Dublin on Easter Monday 24th April, have been in possession of the central part of the Capital since 12 noon on that day. Up to yesterday afternoon Headquarters was in touch with all the main outlying positions, and despite furious and almost continuous assaults by the British Forces all those positions were then still being held, and the Commandants in charge were confident of their ability to hold them for a long time.
During the course of yesterday afternoon and evening the enemy succeeded in cutting our communications with our other positions in the city, and Headquarters is to-day isolated.
The enemy has burnt down whole blocks of houses, apparently with the object of giving themselves a clear field for the play of artillery and field guns against us.