--- title: Manifesto to the Citizens of Dublin (1916) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/library/pearse-dublin-manifesto-1916/ description: Manifesto to the Citizens of Dublin (1916) by P. H. Pearse, for the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic (1916-04-25), full text with provenance… section: FRAME --- ![Illustration: a First World War field-intelligence collage of trench maps, wireless transmission logs and aerial reconnaissance photographs.](https://propagandaarchive.org/static/generated/detail/hero-wwi.jpg) [Library](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/) · Report # Manifesto to the Citizens of Dublin (1916) At a glance Pearse's address to the citizens of Dublin on 25 April 1916, the second day of the Rising, claiming that the republican lines held and calling for help and order. - **Author:** P. H. Pearse, for the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic - **Published:** April 25, 1916 - **Origin:** Ireland - **Length:** 361 words Full details - **Edition:** Manifesto of 25 April 1916, as transcribed on Wikisource from the page scan Manifesto to the Citizens of Dublin, 25 April, 1916.jpg. The page's header note also cites Piaras F. Mac Lochlainn, Last Words (3rd reprint, 2006), as a source. - **Language:** English - **Text source:** [Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Manifesto_to_the_Citizens_of_Dublin,_25_April,_1916) - **Text basis:** Wikisource's transcription of the scan, listed in its validated texts (proofread and then validated by a second editor). - **Rights:** A document of April 1916, so in the public domain in the United States before 1931. Pearse was executed in May 1916, so the term of life plus 70 years has run out (Wikisource marks the page PD-old). - **Rights checked:** October 2, 2026 On this page - [The text](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/pearse-dublin-manifesto-1916/#read) - [Provenance and rights](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/pearse-dublin-manifesto-1916/#provenance) A manifesto signed by Patrick Pearse as Commanding in Chief of the Forces of the Irish Republic and President of the Provisional Government, dated 25 April 1916. It claims that the republican lines were holding, calls on citizens to help and warns against looting. It is distinct from the Proclamation of the Irish Republic of the day before. ## The text [Download as plain text](https://propagandaarchive.org/library/pearse-dublin-manifesto-1916/pearse-dublin-manifesto-1916.txt) 361 words, with the provenance header above the text THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT TO THE CITIZENS OF DUBLIN The Provisional Government of the Irish Republic salutes the Citizens of Dublin on the momentous occasion of the proclamation of a Sovereign Independent Irish State now in course of being established by Irishmen in arms. The Republican forces hold the lines taken up at Twelve noon on Easter Monday, and nowhere, despite fierce and almost continuous attacks of the British troops, have the lines been broken through. The country is rising in answer to Dublin’s call, and the final achievement of Ireland’s freedom is now, with God’s help, only a matter of days. The valour, self-sacrifice and discipline of Irish men and women are about to win for our country a glorious place among the nations. Ireland’s honour has already been redeemed; it remains to vindicate her wisdom and her self-control. All citizens of Dublin who believe in the right of their country to be free will give their allegiance and their loyal help to the Irish Republic. There is work for everyone: for the men in the fighting line, and for the women in the provision of food and first aid. Every Irishman and Irishwoman worthy of the name will come forward to help their common country in this her supreme hour. Able-bodied Citizens can help by building barricades in the streets to oppose the advance of the British troops. The British troops have been firing on our women and on our Red Cross. On the other hand, Irish Regiments in the British Army have refused to act against their fellow-countrymen. The Provisional Government hopes that its supporters—which means the vast bulk of the people of Dublin—will preserve order and self-restraint. Such looting as has already occurred has been done by hangers-on of the British Army. Ireland must keep her new honour unsmirched. We have lived to see an Irish Republic proclaimed. May we live to establish it firmly, and may our children and our children’s children enjoy the happiness and prosperity which freedom will bring. Signed on behalf of the Provisional Government, P. H. PEARSE, Commanding in Chief of the Forces of the Irish Republic, and President of the Provisional Government. ## Provenance and rights - **Edition:** Manifesto of 25 April 1916, as transcribed on Wikisource from the page scan Manifesto to the Citizens of Dublin, 25 April, 1916.jpg. The page's header note also cites Piaras F. Mac Lochlainn, Last Words (3rd reprint, 2006), as a source. - **Text source:** [Wikisource](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Manifesto_to_the_Citizens_of_Dublin,_25_April,_1916) - **Text basis:** Wikisource's transcription of the scan, listed in its validated texts (proofread and then validated by a second editor). - **Rights:** A document of April 1916, so in the public domain in the United States before 1931. Pearse was executed in May 1916, so the term of life plus 70 years has run out (Wikisource marks the page PD-old). Checked October 2, 2026. - **Changes made:** The text was taken from the rendered Wikisource page as fetched on October 2, 2026; the page's licence notice and interface text are removed, the heading, which Wikisource shows broken by ellipses, is set on one line, and a missing space after a comma at the end of the signature is added. Capitalisation, spelling and punctuation are Wikisource's transcription. - **Source file checksum:** `807889e39c5ec1e8…` (SHA-256 of the download this text was made from)