Mary McLoughlin, a 15 year old schoolgirl, stares down the barrel of a gun as she reaches her destination, the GPO, heavily under fire.

Sean McLoughlin, a young volunteer, is making his way through besieged streets to the Mendicity Institute at Usher's Island where he has been stationed.

Annie Cooney, an excitable 18 year old cumann na mBan member, finally gets dispatched on her mission.