Organizations  --  Clan na Gael  Part 5  "The 'Aud' Fiasco" In March 1916, the Fenians in Dublin sent a message to New York City for Devoy to cable to Berlin.  The message directed Berlin to land arms in Ireland sometime between Holy Thursday and dawn on Easter Monday.  The first week of April, Padraig Pearse changed his mind.  He believed that if arms were landed on Holy Thursday, the British government would most likely discover them before the Rebellion could begin.  The Rebellion had been slated to start in Dublin at 6:30 pm on Easter Sunday.  Pearse composed a new message for Berlin - postpone the arms delivery until the Rebellion had actually begun.  The message was given to Joseph Plunkett's niece, Philomena, who boarded a ship for New York. Devoy had already sent the original message to Berlin.  The arms and ammunition left Germany on the ship, Aud, on April 9th.  Philomena landed in New York City on April 14th.  Devoy sent frantic messages to Berlin, countermanding the original.  Berlin responded that the Aud had no wireless, so there was nothing they could do.   The Aud sailed into Tralee Harbor carrying 1400 tons of arms and ammunition.  There was no one there to meet her.  The captain, flying a Norwegian flag, sailed around for a few days before attracting attention from the British.  The captain would set fire to the ship and escape in a life boat.  The Fenians hopes of entering the conflict on equal ground with the British had disappeared. Devoy claimed to have sent a message to Pearse in Dublin, notifying him that the date of arms landing couldn't be changed.  Pearse claimed to have never received a message from Devoy. NEXT: Clan na Gael or the Fenian Brotherhood?