Editing Easter Rising (section)

=== Surrender ===
[[File:Osteraufstand - Dublin - gefangene Iren.jpg|thumb|British soldiers marching rebel prisoners away after the surrender]]

The headquarters garrison at the GPO was forced to evacuate after days of shelling when a fire caused by the shells spread to the GPO. Connolly had been incapacitated by a bullet wound to the ankle and had passed command on to Pearse. The O'Rahilly was killed in a sortie from the GPO. They tunnelled through the walls of the neighbouring buildings in order to evacuate the Post Office without coming under fire and took up a new position in 16 [[Moore Street]]. The young [[Seán McLoughlin (communist)|Seán McLoughlin]] was given military command and planned a breakout, but Pearse realised this plan would lead to further loss of civilian life.<ref name="commandant">{{cite journal |first=Charlie |last=McGuire |url=http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/sean-mcloughlin-the-boy-commandant-of-1916/ |title=Seán McLoughlin – the boy commandant of 1916 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213134536/http://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/sean-mcloughlin-the-boy-commandant-of-1916/ |archive-date=13 December 2016 |journal=[[History Ireland]] |date=19 February 2013 |volume=14 |number=2}}</ref>

On the eve of the surrender, there had been about 35 Cumann na mBan women remaining in the GPO. In the final group that left with Pearse and Connolly, there were three: Connolly's aide de camp, [[Winifred Carney]], who had entered with the original ICA contingent, and the dispatchers and nurses  [[Elizabeth O'Farrell]], and [[Julia Grenan]].<ref name=":122">{{Cite book |last=Matthews |first=Ann |title=Renegades, Irish Republican Women 1900–1922 |publisher=Mercier History |year=2010 |isbn=978-1-85635-684-8 |location=Dublin |pages=124–158}}</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/16/opinion/eight-women-of-irelands-1916-easter-rising.html Eight Women of the Easter Rising] ''The New York Times'', 16 March 2016</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=O' Leary |first=Méabh |date=13 April 2020 |title=Twelve forgotten Irish women who risked their lives to save others in 1916 |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/twelve-forgotten-irish-women-who-risked-their-lives-to-save-others-in-1916-1.4226224 |access-date=2024-04-03 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en}}</ref>

On Saturday 29 April, from this new headquarters, Pearse issued an order for all companies to surrender.{{sfn|Townshend|2006|pp=243–246}} Pearse [[Unconditional surrender|surrendered unconditionally]] to Brigadier-General Lowe. The surrender document read:

{{blockquote|In order to prevent the further slaughter of Dublin citizens, and in the hope of saving the lives of our followers now surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered, the members of the Provisional Government present at headquarters have agreed to an unconditional surrender, and the commandants of the various districts in the City and County will order their commands to lay down arms.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4594388.stm |title=Dublin may seek surrender letter |work=BBC News |date=9 January 2006 |access-date=13 November 2011 |archive-date=4 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804192304/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4594388.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

The other posts surrendered only after Pearse's surrender order, carried by O'Farrell, reached them.{{sfn|Townshend|2006|pp=246–247}} Sporadic fighting, therefore, continued until Sunday, when word of the surrender was got to the other rebel garrisons.{{sfn|Townshend|2006|pp=246–250}} Command of British forces had passed from Lowe to General John Maxwell, who arrived in Dublin just in time to take the surrender. Maxwell was made temporary military governor of Ireland.{{sfn|McGarry|2010|pp=203–204}}