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Book Synopsis The Abbey Rebels of 1916 by : Fearghal McGarry
Download or read book The Abbey Rebels of 1916 written by Fearghal McGarry and published by Gill & Macmillan Ltd. This book was released on 2015-10-30 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath from a new persepectiveThe Abbey Theatre played a leading role in the politicisation of the revolutionary generation that won Irish freedom, but comparatively little is known about the men and women who formed the lifeblood of the institution: those whose radical politics drove them to fight in the 1916 Rising.Drawing on a huge range of previously unpublished material, The Abbey Rebels of 1916 explores the experiences, hopes and dreams of these remarkable but largely forgotten individuals: Máire Nic Shiubhlaigh, the Abbey's first leading lady; Peadar Kearney, author of the national anthem; feminist Helena Molony, the first female political prisoner of her generation; Seán Connolly, the first rebel to die in the Rising; carpenter Barney Murphy; usherette Ellen Bushell; and Hollywood star Arthur Shields.Invigorating and provocative, this is the story of how, in the years following the Easter Rising, the radical ideals that inspired their revolution were gradually supplanted by a conservative vision of the nation Ireland would become. Lavishly illustrated with 200 documents and images, it provides a fresh and compelling account of the Rising and its aftermath.
Download or read book The Rising written by Fearghal McGarry and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 3: The soul of the nation -- Chapter 4: Walking on air -- Chapter 5: Glorious forever -- Chapter 6: Charlie weston, are you gone mad? -- Chapter 7: A good end -- Chapter 8: The beginning of ireand -- Index
Book Synopsis The Rising (New Edition) by : Fearghal McGarry
Download or read book The Rising (New Edition) written by Fearghal McGarry and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the Easter Rising from the perspective of those who made it, focusing on the experiences of rank-and-file revolutionaries and exploiting a unique and recently released collection of over 1,700 eye-witness statements.
Download or read book Rebels written by Peter De Rosa and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-10-14 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A WORK OF GREAT DRAMATIC POWER climaxing in the final hundred pages where he writes a full, searing narrative of the patriot leaders' last days . . . It's powerful stuff." --The Sunday Press (Ireland) On Easter Monday of 1916, a thousand Irish men and women, armed with pikes and rifles, took over the center of Dublin and proclaimed a republic. It was a rash, doomed, symbolic uprising, and the rebel leaders knew it. Crack British troops killed and wounded hundreds of the rebels in the week of fighting, and British artillery shells left Dublin's city center in ruins. But the Rising of 1916 was not in vain. The short-lived insurrection and the subsequent executions of sixteen rebel leaders galvanized the Irish people. The overthrow of seven centuries of British rule in Ireland began on Easter Monday, 1916. In Rebels, Peter de Rosa, author of the bestselling Vicars of Christ, tells the story of the 1916 Rising in all its terror and beauty. With the dramatic flair of a novelist and the scrupulous accuracy of a professional historian, de Rosa brings to life the people, passions, politics, and repercussions of this historic event.
Download or read book The Rising written by Fearghal McGarry and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 1871 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin - it changed the course of Irish history. But how did it achieve this? What role did people from ordinary backgrounds play in the making of the Irish revolution and what motivated them to take part in it? What did the rebels think they could achieve? And what kind of a republic were they fighting for? These basic questions continue to divide historians of modern Ireland. The Rising is the story of Easter 1916 from the perspective of those who made it, focusing on the experiences of rank and file revolutionaries - a story now told for the first time. To do this, Fearghal McGarry makes use of a unique source that has only recently seen the light of day - a collection of over 1,700 eye-witness statements detailing the activities of members of Sinn Féin, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Cumann na mBan, and the Irish Volunteers at the time of the Rising. This collection represents one of the richest and most comprehensive oral history archives devoted to any modern revolution, providing new insights on almost every aspect of this seminal period. Using this unique source, McGarry shows how people from ordinary backgrounds became politicized and involved in the struggle for Irish independence in the early years of the twentieth century. He illuminates their motives and aspirations and highlights the importance of the Great War as a catalyst for the uprising. He concludes by exploring the Rising's revolutionary aftermath, which saw the creation of an Irish parliament, Dáil Éireann, and the Irish Republican Army's armed campaign to win independence.
Book Synopsis Remembering 1916 by : Richard S. Grayson
Download or read book Remembering 1916 written by Richard S. Grayson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering analysis of how the Easter Rising and the Battle of the Somme have been remembered in Ireland since 1916.
Book Synopsis The Easter Rising, Dublin, 1916 by : Neil Grant
Download or read book The Easter Rising, Dublin, 1916 written by Neil Grant and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 1973 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the events and principals that precipitated the Easter Rising in Dublin and the rebellion's influence on British rule in Ireland
Download or read book Rebels written by Fearghal McGarry and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid chronicle of the first blow in the Irish revolution - by the people who were there In 1947 the Bureau of Military History was established by the Irish government to record the experiences of those who took part in the fight for independence. In 1959, the results of this research - including 1,773 'witness statements' - were placed in 83 steel boxes and locked into a strongroom in Government Buildings. Rebels, edited by one of Ireland's top young historians, brings the best of the surviving accounts of the Easter Rising together into a comprehensive, accessible and thrillingly readable telling of that much-debated insurrection, the first in a series of events that brought about Irish independence. From the witnesses' recollections of their schooling and other childhood influences to their accounts of what happened at Easter 1916, Rebels tells this famous story in a new and exhilarating way. 'A remarkable book' Pat Kenny, RTE 'If you want to know what [the Rising] was actually like, then Rebels is a good place to start' Sunday Business Post 'The most moving material concerns the surrender and the aftermath, including imprisonment and the identification and interrogation of key figures in the Rising' Irish Times
Book Synopsis The 1916 Irish Rebellion by : Bríona Nic Dhiarmada
Download or read book The 1916 Irish Rebellion written by Bríona Nic Dhiarmada and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated book presents an informed history of the Easter Rising, one of the most significant political episodes in 20th century Irish history.
Download or read book Dublin 1916 written by Clair Wills and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Easter Monday 1916, a disciplined group of Irish Volunteers seized the city's General Post Office in what would become the defining act of rebellion against British rule. This book unravels the events in and around the GPO during the Easter Rising of 1916, revealing the twists and turns that the myth of the GPO has undergone in the last century.
Book Synopsis 1916: The Rising Handbook by : Lorcan Collins
Download or read book 1916: The Rising Handbook written by Lorcan Collins and published by The O'Brien Press. This book was released on 2016-02-22 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook to the events and locations of the Easter 1916 Rising. There are so many different versions of the story of Easter Week 1916. Lorcan Collins, an acknowledged expert on the subject and founder of the 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour, decided that it was time to put together a truthful and factually correct reference book in one handy volume. This '1916 bible' will be invaluable to anyone with an interest in recent Irish history who wants to separate the facts from the fiction. 1916: The Rising Handbook offers bite-sized details about the organisations involved in the Rising, the positions occupied during Easter week, the weapons the rebels and army used, the documents that were passed around, and the speeches that were given. It details the women who came out to fight and profiles the sixteen executed leaders, as well as looking at the rebellion outside of Dublin. It also utilises three different resources to give the most comprehensive list yet of all of those involved in the Rising. If a relative of yours fought during Easter 1916, you'll find their name in here.
Download or read book Rebels written by Peter De Rosa and published by . This book was released on 1991-02-01 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Irish Rebellion of 1916 and Its Martyrs by : Maurice Joy
Download or read book The Irish Rebellion of 1916 and Its Martyrs written by Maurice Joy and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis 1916 - What the People Saw by : Mick O'Farrell
Download or read book 1916 - What the People Saw written by Mick O'Farrell and published by Mercier Press Ltd. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the rebellion of 1916 had ended, more than 400 people were dead and over 2,000 wounded. More than half of these were civilians, but even for those civilians who were not direct casualties, the rising was one of the most momentous experiences of their lives. The accounts that Mick O'Farrell has collected come from letters, diaries, extracts from otherwise unrelated biographies, and contemporary magazine and newspaper articles. Some common themes are present in the accounts. For instance, a fear of going hungry, which resulted in constant, and dangerous, attempts to stock up with supplies. There was also a grim realisation (despite two years of World War) that war had arrived on their doorstep: 'We know a bit what War is like now'. For some, there was even an undeniable element of excitement – one witness writes that 'now that it's over, none of us would've missed it for the world'. After watching a woman shot in the street, another witness notes that he 'saw a man rush out and take a snapshot'. Elsewhere, there are 'crowds looking on as if at a sham battle'. For most, however, it was the kind of excitement they could do without: Complementing the many historical accounts of the rising and statements from the participants, this book gives a real flavour of what it was like to live through history in the making.
Book Synopsis A Walk Through Rebel Dublin, 1916 by : Mick O'Farrell
Download or read book A Walk Through Rebel Dublin, 1916 written by Mick O'Farrell and published by Mercier Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Walk Through Rebel Dublin 1916is a comprehensively illustrated guide to the Rising of Easter Week 1916, based on the significant locations of the rebellion. Dealing separately with thirty buildings and sites throughout the city - including the GPO, Liberty Hall, Trinity College, the Four Courts and Dublin Castle - the author provides a brief, fascinating history of the events and personalities that dominated these locations during Easter Week. A contemporary photograph of each location is juxtaposed with a photograph of the building or streetscape as it looks today. While some dramatic changes have taken place in the architecture of Dublin over the course of the twentieth century, there is much that has remained unaltered, as these images will testify. A Walk Through Rebel Dublin 1916 can be read and enjoyed without visiting the locations featured, but the reader is encouraged to walk the streets of Dublin, book in hand, to get a vivid sense of some of the most dramatic episodes in Ireland's history.
Download or read book The 1916 Rising written by Turtle Bunbury and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2015 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Easter Dawn charts the story of the 1916 Rising, from the landing of the guns at Howth for the Irish Volunteers in 1914 to the arrests and executions that followed it. The battlegrounds that erupted across Dublin city and elsewhere in Ireland form the stage upon which a remarkable cast assembled." -- Book jacket
Download or read book Easter 1916 written by Charles Townshend and published by Ivan R. Dee Publisher. This book was released on 2006 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in the United Kingdom by Allen Lane in 2005.
