The Rising Ireland: Easter 1916

by McGarry, Fearghal

• ISBN13: 9780199605972
• ISBN10: 0199605971
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-09-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Based on a recently released trove of over 1,700 eye-witness statements, this gripping volume tells the story of the Easter Rising as seen through the eyes of the rebels themselves, capturing in crisp, unflinching detail what the nascent Irish revolution actually felt like. As it chronicles the activities of members of Sinn F#xE9;in, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, Cumann na mBan, and the Irish Volunteers, this compelling volume addresses a range of key questions that continue to divide historians of modern Ireland: What led people from ordinary backgrounds to fight for Irish freedom? What did they think they could achieve given the superior forces arrayed against them? What kind of republic were they willing to kill and die for? Fearghal McGarry deftly interweaves the oral history of the rank-and-file revolutionaries of the Rising into a comprehensive, yet powerfully affecting narrative--one thatThe Boston Globecalled "vivid and compelling" and "a poignant mosaic of idealism, bravery, and humanity."

Author Biography

Fearghal McGarry is 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, Irish Politics and the Spanish Civil War, and most recently, Eoin O'Duffy: A Self-Made Hero (OUP, 2005).

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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