tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355681139894755918.post4248839614682776368..comments2023-10-05T15:08:04.699+01:00Comments on Easter Rising Coach Tour: The Ringsend Publican Killed During The Easter RisingThe Archivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00868393676716640877noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355681139894755918.post-7150803685654883462023-08-10T14:39:59.969+01:002023-08-10T14:39:59.969+01:00Many decendants of Robert's brother John are a...Many decendants of Robert's brother John are alive and well in Kilkenny. Robert was best man for John in 1915Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355681139894755918.post-54708014604698467282022-06-04T15:05:31.818+01:002022-06-04T15:05:31.818+01:00Thank you for this excellent synopsis. Bob Woodco...Thank you for this excellent synopsis. Bob Woodcock was my great uncle. I was only recently able to uncover all of this with the help of your excellent research. The direct family are older and deceased and largely forgotten in time. I recently located and visited his grave with the help of this research. My visit was assisted by the exceptional John McCann of Feansgrange and the team st Glasnevin Trust. I had a pint of Guinness in Bob’s honour at Ringsend on the same day to honour the brave and hard working spirit of this wonderful young man, He was a wholly innocent young civilian focussed on protecting his livelihood when aged 33 he set off in his car from Kilkenny to Dublin that day. He was met with an excruciating death when he fell into the hands of Markievitz (Gore-Booth) and Mallon. They ordered him tied to a tree in the inclement conditions on St Stephen’s Green over the Eastertide weekend 1916 . He died of exposure pneumonia following two days at their hands. A healthy young man when he had got into his car that morning, Clearly they were not Christians or if they were, the trials and lessons of Calvary were truly lost on them..He was a young vibrant Catholic man from a decent family . He never deserved the fate he met. As a law abiding man of the time, unaware of what was going on, as a citizen and going about his business to drive to his pub in Ringsend he was stopped when flagged down by the DMP. He accommodated the policeman who had flagged him down as lawfully requested by driving him in his car. He paid the ultimate price at the hands of a group that Intervepted them and then committed a heinous crime against an innocent young man caught in the crossfire. Without judge or jury they decided his fate on the basis of partisan hearsay. He did not deserve his horrendous fate. His life and murder deserve to be recognised. It is now with great sadness and disappointment that I note the Wall of Remembrance has been removed from Glasnevin. Why can the State which has had more than 100 years to mature not find the security resources to honour all and protect their memories in the preservation of the monument. Such matters should NEVER be allowed to fail. What does it say to the excellent men and women of the Glasnevin Trust that their attempt at honour for all has been dishonoured? Would any other country allow a national monument to be defaced by the violence that persists and is accepted to this day? Where is our hope for the future? Does it rest with placating thugs? Robert and all of the victims deserve way more. God rest their souls..air dheis De go raibh a h-anam. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com