History | Ancient History on Instagram: "The Angels of O’Connell Monument in Dublin—formally known as the O’Connell Monument—carry a striking and often overlooked reminder of Ireland’s turbulent past: the bullet holes that scar their bronze surfaces from the fighting that erupted around the monument during the 1916 Easter Rising and again in later conflicts tied to Ireland’s struggle for independence, not the world wars themselves. The monument, unveiled in 1882 to honor Daniel O’Connell, featur