Rebellion

Now!

Detective Inspector?

Time to say your prayers.

Since when did you start caring about prayers?

There they are! Fire, lads!

Police, police! Go!

Get in.

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God damn!

Where did they come from?

They must have had a tip off there'd be trouble.

And that's us, trouble! Is it bad?

Ah, it's a nick.

Yeah, it's a bleeder though. The bastards.

Gentlemen,

Mr Collins, you are welcome.

Coast is still clear, Mrs Butler.

I'll see the refreshments are ready for when they break.

Attention!

Senator Shea.

Welcome to the Castle.

Mr Sturgis.

Senator Shea, General Winter.

Very nice to meet you.

It's simply a fact finding mission.

The President wishes to understand the nature of the war.

The first fact that you must both understand is that it is not a war.

The conflict.

We don't dignify cowardly terrorist attacks with the title of war.

Whatever you dignify it with, how do you contend with it?

The Prime Minister wishes us to pursue the dual strategy.

Force and negotiation.

So we root out and eradicate the violent elements,

then talk to whoever's left.

Please excuse my colleague, Senator Shea, he is a military man.

Please excuse mine for being a civilian.

That's fine. May I help you?

- Mrs Butler, isn't it? - Yes.

Eithne Drury from the Bulletin.

I was told to expect you.

Sorry I'm late, I just got word. Are they long started?

No not too long. Come this way.

The infiltration of our capital city

by General Winter's special agents,

the constant reprisals by the police on the civilian population.

Are tantamount to a declaration of war on us.

I therefore ask this House to approve monies necessary to escalate

our military resistance to British rule,

that we might root out the foreign vermin in our midst.

I've been looking for you.

Sturgis seems to think I've nothing better to do than chit chat with Yanks.

Your friend's made contact.

- He's sent word. - Good, good.

All the cards are just about in place.

Going to be fun playing this hand.

And Miss Sweeney's cracked the intercepted messages.

Ah that's my phenom!

Captain McLeod tells me you've worked your magic again, Miss Sweeney.

It wasn't too difficult.

- They should all be there. - Excellent work.

With any luck we won't be needing our friend's help at all.

We'll have Collins and the rest of them in custody by this evening.

Scramble a team.

- One for the scrapbook, Mills. - Sir.

While I wish in no way to depart from the people's ambitions

for national self-realisation, I must question our ability to resist,

with so few men, so poorly armed, against the largest army in the world.

We must, instead, instigate talks.

Let's show the enemy a united front, Eithne...

Come on, come on.

Arm up.

Move out.

The British will treat any offers of talk as surrender.

We must talk to them some day?

When they recognise us as the legitimate government of the Irish Republic.

They'll never recognise us as a Republic.

No republic, no talks!

Hear-hear.

And what price will they make our people pay, Mr Collins?

That is the question the English want us to ask ourselves,

Mr Griffiths, to doubt ourselves.

What question should we ask ourselves?

What bondage and dejection will we be consigning ourselves to

if, having fought this far, we do not fight on?

Hear-hear.

Auxiliaries, coming up the road.

I'll let them know, and fetch up Mr Collins.

- Go see and talk to Mr Brogan. - Yes, Mrs Butler.

Girls, put those in the front room.

That's eighteen Ta, and seven Nil.

- Yes. - The Ta votes have it.

Mr Collins' request for further funds is carried.

I just hope we can lay our hands on those funds now.

Gentlemen.

Mr Collins.

Basement. Come.

Back!

Officer, what is the meaning of this intrusion?

We'd information there was a proscribed meeting taking place.

As you can see, the only meeting is our afternoon recital.

All men?

Business men.

In aid of a charity of mine, perhaps you'd care to join us?

You, with me.

Constables, watch them.

Officer, at least let me, or one of my servants, show you the way.

Upstairs.

Can I help you, sir?

You'd better go, Mick.

- We'll handle this. - Thanks, Frank.

Damn it!

Back inside.

Search everyone.

Officer, my guests are simply here to enjoy some music.

- What about the men on the roof? - What men on the roof?

Did you find men on my roof?

Excuse me, my wife must catch a tram, doctor's appointment.

I'd be grateful if you'd let us through.

And you are?

Maurice Jacobs, solicitor.

Nothing.

Her.

- I'll not have a man search me. - You'll have what I say you'll have.

I insist you respect my wife.

You'll insist on nothing.

But I'll insist to the Lord Lieutenant himself, if you interfere

with any woman in my house.

Go.

Thank you, officer.

Much obliged, Miss Drury.

Jimmy's here.

- Jesus, what happened? - Tripped and fell.

- On a bullet. - Looks worse than it is.

He needs a doctor all the same.

Sadie, go fetch Dr Moore.

- Will I stash the pieces? - Yeah.

What happened, really?

Less you know the better, Min.

Get a rag there.

Come on!

- Here, doctor. - Thanks.

No lasting damage.

But I'll clean it or it'll get infected.

[crashing, banging and shouting of soldiers]

I'm gonna sit with yous for a bit.

Keep going.

Get up! Get Up!

Not that one!

They said check each flat.

Who's the Sergeant here, Constable? Go on.

Yes, Sarge.

There!

How are you three doing, Minnie?

Surviving.

Put 'em away.

Up! Up!

All right lads, just get them outta here!

Hurry up, get them out!

Minnie.

It's all right.

Uncle Pat was leading the raid.

But after they arrested Brendan and Dominic Farrell.

For what? Pat knows they're not IRA.

Maybe he knew the ones they want are closer to home.

Just because he's me brother, doesn't mean he wouldn't arrest me.

Could Mrs Moore do something for the Farrells?

I do what I can for you, Jimmy,

but Agnes is less sympathetic to your methods.

Meanwhile, the Castle are all over us like rats.

As I said, I do what I can.

- Would you see that gets sent out to them? - Yes, sir.

Morning, sir, may I help you?

I'm here to see Mr Butler.

Oh, you are, this way Mr Jacobs. Through here.

Thank you.

What can I do for you, Mr Jacobs?

As acting secretary to the Irish government I'm charged with

raising funds for the Minister of Finance.

I understand Mr Collins raised an impressive amount himself through

his bond issue last year.

Dublin Castle has unfortunately frozen many of our accounts.

I also heard that, I don't see how I could...

Your wife thought Butler's bank might be able to offer the

government a loan.

I'm terribly sorry, Mr Jacobs, Constance has a great passion for

the ' "National Cause",

but little understanding of the practicalities of banking.

Your card says you're a solicitor.

You must see how impossible your proposal is?

I'm not sure I do.

You come as a representative of an outlawed organisation,

whose assets you freely admit have been frozen,

whose leader escaped from prison

and has been on the run in the United States for over a year,

and whose acting leader is the most wanted man in the world.

Surely you see I must decline your proposal.

I suggest if you're in need of money, you turn your Mr Collins in.

Last I heard there was ten thousand pounds on his head.