The Rising Ireland: Easter 1916

by McGarry, Fearghal

• ISBN13: 9780192801869
• ISBN10: 0192801864
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-12
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin-it changed the course of Irish history. But why did it happen and why did a rebellion involving such a small number of revolutionaries have so extensive an impact? This is the story of the Rising 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. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Fearghal McGarry is currently Senior Lecturer in History at Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of a number of books on Irish history in the twentieth century, including Frank Ryan (2002), Irish Politics and the Spanish Civil War (1999), and most recently Eoin O'Duffy: A Self-Made Hero (2005), also published by Oxford University Press.

Table of Contents

List of Plates and Maps	p. viii
List of Abbreviations	p. x
Chronology	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
The Rising Generation: Separatism in Ireland	p. 8
Arms in Irish Hands: Volunteering	p. 44
The Soul of the Nation: War	p. 79
Walking on Air: The Rising in Dublin	p. 120
Glorious Forever: The Fall of the Republic	p. 166
Charlie Weston, Are you Gone Mad? The Rising in Provincial Ireland	p. 210
A Good End: Punishment	p. 247
The Beginning of Ireland: Aftermath	p. 277
Guide to Further Reading	p. 294
Notes	p. 300
Index	p. 343
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