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Sat 04 Apr 2007Viewing the Rising from the other sideNew letters reveal how the insurgents' failure to cut phone lines to the Curragh meant the Rising ended as soon as it began, writes Eanna MacCuinneagáinof Cathach BooksTwo letters from the Vice Regal Lodge (now Áras an Uachtaráin), acquired by Cathach Books give an interesting contemporary account of the 1916 Easter Rising as seen from the Viceroy's home in the Phoenix Park.