The RTE eight part drama “Insurrection”, produced in 1966 to mark the 50^th anniversary of the Easter Rising, saw a rare, one-day airing on Easter Monday 2015. All eight episodes were screened at Dublin’s Liberty Hall during the day but for now the restored films seem destined to return to the vaults at Montrose. Former RTE presenter and historian John Bowman expressed a hope that the series might be released on DVD, but I wouldn’t be holding my breath. The old royalties issue will no doubt be wheeled out by RTE as an excuse to do nothing.

The events of Easter Week 1916 reported as they might have been covered if television had existed. The series is mainly of interest to historians and from the clips that I’ve seen it has dated badly and is low budget stuff.

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