▁the ▁surrender , ▁the ▁Vol unte ers ▁were ▁his sed ▁at , ▁p elt ed ▁with ▁refuse , ▁and ▁den ounced ▁as ▁" m ur der ers " ▁and ▁" star vers ▁of ▁the ▁people ". ▁Vol unte er ▁Robert ▁Holland ▁for ▁example ▁remembered ▁being ▁" subject ed ▁to ▁very ▁ugly ▁remarks ▁and ▁cat - c alls ▁from ▁the ▁poor er ▁classes " ▁as ▁they ▁march ed ▁to ▁surrender . ▁He ▁also ▁reported ▁being ▁ab used ▁by ▁people ▁he ▁knew ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁march ed ▁through ▁the ▁Kil main ham ▁area ▁into ▁capt ivity ▁and ▁said ▁the ▁British ▁troops ▁saved ▁them ▁from ▁being ▁man hand led ▁by ▁the ▁crowd . ▁ ▁However , ▁some ▁Dublin ers ▁expressed ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁reb els . ▁Canadian ▁journalist ▁and ▁writer ▁Frederick ▁Arthur ▁McK en zie ▁wrote ▁that ▁in ▁poor er ▁areas , ▁" there ▁was ▁a ▁vast ▁amount ▁of ▁sympathy ▁with ▁the ▁reb els , ▁particularly ▁after ▁the ▁reb els ▁were ▁defeated ". ▁He ▁wrote ▁of ▁crow ds ▁che ering ▁a ▁column ▁of ▁re bel ▁prisoners ▁as ▁it ▁passed , ▁with ▁one ▁woman ▁remark ing ▁" Sh ure , ▁we ▁cheer ▁them . ▁Why ▁shouldn ' t ▁we ? ▁Ar en ' t ▁they ▁our ▁own ▁flesh ▁and ▁blood ? ". ▁At ▁Bol and ' s ▁Mill , ▁the ▁defeated ▁reb els ▁were ▁met ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁crowd , ▁" many ▁we eping ▁and ▁express ing ▁sympathy ▁and ▁sorrow , ▁all ▁of ▁them ▁friendly ▁and ▁kind ". ▁Other ▁on look ers ▁were ▁sympath etic ▁but ▁watched