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The 1916 Irish Rebellion (Hardcover)
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The 1916 Irish Rebellion (Hardcover)
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One hundred years ago, during Easter Week, 1916, rebel Irish
leaders and their followers staged an armed uprising in the city of
Dublin in an attempt to overthrow British rule and create an
autonomous Irish republic. One week later, their rebellion
ruthlessly quashed by British forces, the surviving insurgents were
jailed and many of their leaders quickly executed. Though their
rebellion had failed, their actions galvanized a growing population
of sympathizers who would, in years to come, succeed in
establishing an independent Irish state. Documentary writer,
producer, and scholar Briona Nic Dhiarmada has seized the occasion
of the centenary of the Irish Rising to reassess this event and its
historical significance. Her book explores the crucial role of
Irish Americans in both the lead-up to and the aftermath of the
events in Dublin and places the Irish Rising in its European and
global context, as an expression of the anti-colonialism that found
its full voice in the wake of the First World War. The 1916 Irish
Rebellion includes a historical narrative; a lavish spread of
contemporary images and photographs; and a rich selection of
sidebar quotations from contemporary documents, prisoners'
statements, and other eyewitness accounts to capture the
experiences of nationalists and unionists, Irish rebels and British
soldiers, and Irish Americans during the turbulent events of Easter
Week, 1916. The 1916 Irish Rebellion is the companion book to a
three-part documentary series to be broadcast worldwide in 2016,
narrated by Liam Neeson.
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