Courtney McGrailA documentary examining the impact of the 1916 Easter Rising in Australia and on Ireland’s Archbishop Daniel Mannix, the then Archbishop of Melbourne, is now available on the RTÉ Player.
Michael, They’ve Shot Them was filmed by a Melbourne-based Irish production company founded by Eoin Hahessy and relates how the Rising and its aftermath fed into a sectarian divide in Australia at the time.
“Irish global and diaspora history is astoundingly rich, we are a small nation that has left a large footprint on this world,” said Hahessy. “The centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising offered an opportunity to tell a powerful and yet untold story of how Ireland’s 1916 rising had a significant impact in Australia.”
