Voices from the Easter Rising - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785370669 ISBN 13: 9781785370663

Publisher: Merrion Press, 2016

Synopsis

Voices from the Easter Rising is a vivid collection of dramatic eyewitness accounts of the events of Easter Week 1916, which detail how the Rising unfolded in Dublin and in a range of other Irish cities, towns and villages. Extraordinary first-hand testimonies from the ranks of the Irish Volunteers, the Irish Citizen Army, Cumann na mBan, the British Army, members of the public and civil servants reveal how, in the streets of Dublin and around the country, the lives of its citizens were changed forever.

Drawn from previously unpublished letters, diaries, memoirs, statements from the Bureau of Military History and contemporary publications, these moving narratives undercut divides of nation, rank and gender, and provide an invaluable insight into this period of conflict. They also provide the reader with a direct and immediate portrayal of the actions and emotions of the revolutionaries and the forces they raged against. Giving voice once more to the protagonists beyond the pantheon of martyrs, for those seeking an accurate understanding of how the events of Easter Week actually took place, this is essential reading.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Ruán O'Donnell is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Limerick. His most recent books, 'Special Category: The IRA in English Prisons' Parts 1 and 2 (IAP/Merrion, 2012, 2015) are amongst his many noteworthy publications. Dr Mícheál Ó hAodha works at the University of Limerick where he is a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of History. With Ruán O'Donnell he was co-editor of 'The Irish Volunteers 1913-1915' (Merrion, 2013).

Edition details

• Publisher: Merrion Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785370669
• ISBN 13: 9781785370663
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: O'Donnell Ruán, O'hAodha Michael