Padraic Pearse: The Collected Works

by Pádraic Pearse, Patrick Pearse

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Genres: Ireland, Poetry, Philosophy

Kindle Edition

Published September 25, 2020

About the author

Pádraig Pearse (born Patrick Henry Pearse) was an Irish teacher, barrister, poet, writer, nationalist and political activist who was one of the leaders of the Easter Rising in 1916. He was declared "President of the Provisional Government" of the Irish Republic in one of the bulletins issued by the Rising's leaders, a status that was however disputed by others associated with the rebellion both then and subsequently. Following the collapse of the Rising and the execution of Pearse, along with his brother (Willie Pearse) and fourteen other leaders, Pearse came to be seen by many as the embodiment of the rebellion.

Reviews

[Nick John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book and I feel as though he is underrated in 3P and Nationalist circles. There is many gems in his works that pertain to what we deal with today and what we can learn about our nationalist struggle here in America. An entertainingly beautiful read the whole way through.

[Lucy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic collection of the writings of Pearse. If this was in the hands of the people of Ireland, we would have a whole different nation. Highly, highly recommend this.

[Jonathan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reading this is like reading through Irish history, from the perspective of someone who not only lived through it, but made it what it is today. Absolutely beautiful prose in both Irish and English.

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Éirinn go Brách

[James Dempsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Powerful, ideologic speak. Fated, so he was. Creator of his own destiny, and marker of Ireland’s. Figures like these are always more charming to History than to their fellow man. In his day, Pearse was a dredge to many. Only with true ideological intransigence, alongside an unwillingness to compromise and a lively belief in violence as a mode of change, could he carry through his speak. Certainly not wholly isolated in his convictions - Hyde appreciated his love of language but abhorred the wish to politically hijack the Gaelic League - Pearse was certainly one of if not the most radical nationalists on the Island. But he never crumbled, never did he have reason to. His belief was truth, and so did strive to make this truth fact. The danger in changing things through violence however is that then you make violence your modus operandi - this is not a good thing - as still many today have yet to shake this mode. I wonder if Pearse would have made a strong negotiator. I see him as being far more romantic than tactic. As Yeats knew well, he was absolutely set on dying a martyr.