Historians have long noted that the 18th century American
Revolution and the 20th century struggle for Irish independence
have a number of historical, political, and symbolic parallels-in
both cases, separation from Great Britain took several years to
achieve, required revolutionary warfare, and tested
long-established allegiances. Yet while these similarities have
been documented, very few historians have considered the extent to
which the roots of the Easter Rising grew in American soil. For
instance, not only were Ireland's "exiled children in America"
acknowledged in the Proclamation announcing "the Provisional
Government of the Irish Republic," a document which circulated in
Dublin on the first day of the Rising in April 1916, but also, the
United States was the only country singled out in this Proclamation
for offering Ireland help. Remarkably, five of the seven
Proclamation signatories spent time in the U.S., with one a
naturalized citizen and the others influenced by the freedoms that
Americans enjoyed. Furthermore, money from the States largely
bankrolled the Rising, including the purchase of weaponry used and
the funding of publications distributed. And direct involvement was
but one dimension of the United States' connection with the
Revolution-though the Rising encompassed just six days, the events
in Ireland fascinated Americans, and became a major, continuing
news story throughout 1916. In this work, Robert Schmuhl offers the
first focused study of the United States' role in the Easter
uprising and the event's significance in the evolution of Irish
America. Based on original archival research conducted in Ireland,
the United States, and Britain, the work brings into bold relief
the central characters in facilitating and responding to the
Rising. Each chapter places in the foreground one such
individual-John Devoy, Joyce Kilmer, Woodrow Wilson, and Eamon de
Valera-in order to inform the larger narrative about the
preparation and the action of the Uprising, as well as the
reactions of the Irish and Americans alike to the event. Capturing
the complexities of American politics, Irish-Americanism, and
Anglo-American relations in the unprecedented war and post-war
circumstances, The "Exiled Children" and Easter 1916 is an
important contribution to a much-neglected aspect of the struggle
for Irish independence.
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