Scotland and the Easter Rising: Fresh Perspectives on 1916
Language: English
Published by Luath Press Ltd, 2016
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- Title
- Scotland and the Easter Rising: Fresh Perspectives on 1916
- Author
- Maley, Willy(ed.)
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1910745367
- ISBN 13
- 9781910745366
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Contents
Acknowledgements 14
Timeline 15
Introduction 21 Kirsty Lusk and Willy Maley
To Shake the Union: The 1916 Rising, Scotland and the World Today 25
The Shirt that was on Connolly: Sorley MacLean and the Easter Rising 31 Richard Barlow
Connolly and Independence 37 Ian Bell
A Terrible Beauty 42 Alan Bissett
Who Fears to Speak? 49 Joseph M Bradley
The Irony of Connolly's Scottish Connections 56 Ray Burnett
Anti-imperialist Insurrection 63 Stuart Christie
Commemorating Connolly in 1986 67 Helen Clark
The Behans: Rebels of a Century 74 Maria-Daniella Dick
After Easter 78 Des Dillon
Margaret Skinnider and Me 86 Peter Geoghegan
A Beautiful Thing Wronged 91 Pearse Hutchinson
Home Rule, Sinn Féin and the Irish Republican Movement in Greenock 94 Shaun Kavanagh
Homecoming 101 Billy Kay
James Connolly's Stations 107
A Slant on Connolly and the Scotch Ideas 114 James Kelman
Short Skirts, Strong Boots and a Revolver: Scotland and the Women of 1916 124 Kirsty Lusk
Irish Kin under Scottish Skin 131 Kevin Mckenna
'Pure James Connolly': From Cowgate to Clydeside 136 Willy Maley
'Mad, Motiveless and Meaningless'? The Dundee Irish and the Easter Rising 144 Richard B McCready
MacLean in the Museum: James Connolly and 'Ard-Mhusaeum na h-Eireann' 149 Niall o'Gallagher
Scotland is my home, but Ireland my country: The Border Crossing Women of 1916 153 Alison o'Malley-Younger
To Rise for a Life Worth Having 160 Alan Riach
'Let the People Sing': Rebel Songs, the Rising, and Remembrance 168 Kevin Rooney
Before the Rising: Home Rule and the Celtic Revival 174 Michael Shaw
'Hibernian's most famous supporter' 179 Irvine Welsh
Afterword: Scotland 2015 and Ireland 1916 181 Owen Dudley Edwards
Contributors 219
Endnotes 225
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About the Author
Kirsty Lusk is a doctoral candidate at the University of Glasgow. She received her mPhil in Irish Writing from Trinity College Dublin and holds an ma (Hons) in English Literature from the University of Glasgow. She is currently researching Scottish-Irish connections in the late 19th and early 20th century from a literary perspective in order to explore the legacy of independence, equality and commemoration within a comparative Irish-Scottish framework.
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