She was seriously wounded when she was shot three times attempting to burn down houses on Harcourt Street to try to cut off the retreat of British soldiers who had planted a machine gun post on the roof of the University Church. Nora Connolly describes Skinnider's leading role in this action; In her autobiography ``Doing my bit for Ireland'' (New York -- Century, 1917) Skinnider herself vividly describes her role as a sniper at St. Stephen's Green in the Easter Rising:
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