Thirty boys and 10 girls died. Five of them were less than five years of age, two were toddlers, one is listed as an infant and two remain unidentified. Many of these children lived in Dublin's notorious tenements and had already experienced the harsh reality of Dublin life in some of Western Europe's worst slums.
Based on 'Children of the Rising: The untold story of the young lives lost during Easter 1916’ by Joe Duffy (Hachette Publishing, 2015).
Fuair tríocha buachaill agus deichniúr cailíní bás. Bhí cúigear acu níos óige ná cúig bliana d’aois, ní raibh beirt acu ach ina lapadáin agus aithníodh duine eile mar naíonán. Ní fios cérbh iad an bheirt eile a bhásaigh. Bhí cónaí ar go leor de na leanaí seo i dtionóntáin mhíchlúiteacha Bhaile Átha Cliath agus bhí taithí acu cheana féin ar shaol géar na cathrach, a bhí ar cheann de na plódcheantair ba mheasa in Iarthar na hEorpa.