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Easter 1916
Easter 1916 is a collection of articles from some of Ireland's leading historians, surrounding the events of the Easter rebellion in Ireland and its aftermath.
This 148 page volume is unique in that it gives an account of every organisations that took part and all the battles and uprisings that took place around Ireland.
Organisations the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Irish Citizen Army, the Hibernian Rifles, the Irish Volunteers, St. John Ambulance, the British Army, Dublin Fire Brigade, the role of Women and Sinn Féin.
Battles and uprisings Dublin, Kildare, Galway, Ashbourne, Enniscorthy, Laois, Louth, and Cork.
The volume also contains several personal stories written by surviving family members.
Easter 1916 is your guide to the events surrounding the rebellion in Ireland that took place in 1916. It is an easy read aimed at the historian and those with a general interest.
Taking you through the IRB plans to the first shots fired in Laois, the bloodbath on Mount Street to the valleys of Galway, you will read the harrowing tales of volunteers, firemen, police and British soldier alike. When the volunteers returned from prison in the UK, Ireland was a different place.
Contributors
Ann Mathews, Shane Kenna, Gerard Shannon, Paul Callery, Rita Edwards, Las Fallon, Ailbhe Rogers, Brendan O'Shea, Tom Burke, James Durney, William Henry, Ann Groves, Brian Walsh, Paula Howard, Raymond Keogh, Gerry White, Glenn Thompson, P. J. Haly, Eoin Cody, Daithí Ó Corráin, Pádraig Yeates, Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, Pádraig Allen, Tóla Collier.
This 148 page volume is unique in that it gives an account of every organisations that took part and all the battles and uprisings that took place around Ireland.
Organisations the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Irish Citizen Army, the Hibernian Rifles, the Irish Volunteers, St. John Ambulance, the British Army, Dublin Fire Brigade, the role of Women and Sinn Féin.
Battles and uprisings Dublin, Kildare, Galway, Ashbourne, Enniscorthy, Laois, Louth, and Cork.
The volume also contains several personal stories written by surviving family members.
Easter 1916 is your guide to the events surrounding the rebellion in Ireland that took place in 1916. It is an easy read aimed at the historian and those with a general interest.
Taking you through the IRB plans to the first shots fired in Laois, the bloodbath on Mount Street to the valleys of Galway, you will read the harrowing tales of volunteers, firemen, police and British soldier alike. When the volunteers returned from prison in the UK, Ireland was a different place.
Contributors
Ann Mathews, Shane Kenna, Gerard Shannon, Paul Callery, Rita Edwards, Las Fallon, Ailbhe Rogers, Brendan O'Shea, Tom Burke, James Durney, William Henry, Ann Groves, Brian Walsh, Paula Howard, Raymond Keogh, Gerry White, Glenn Thompson, P. J. Haly, Eoin Cody, Daithí Ó Corráin, Pádraig Yeates, Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, Pádraig Allen, Tóla Collier.
376 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 7, 2016
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