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16 Dead Men: The Easter Rising Executions
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Artikel-Nr:
9781781173060
Veröffentl:
2014
Seiten:
256
Autor:
Anne-Marie Ryan
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
Reflowable
Kopierschutz:
Digital Watermark [Social-DRM]
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Sixteen men were executed and their deaths changed the course of Irish history. This book contains fascinating accounts of the life stories of these men and recounts the events that brought each of them to rebellion in April 1916.
Sixteen men were executed in the aftermath of the Easter Rising in Ireland, 1916: fifteen were shot and one was hanged. Their deaths changed the course of Irish history. But who were these leaders who set in motion events that would lead to the creation of an independent Ireland? The executed leaders of the Easter Rising were a diverse group. This book contains fascinating accounts of the life stories of these men and recounts the events that brought each of them to rebellion in April 1916.
ContentsAbbreviations 9Acknowledgements 10Introduction 11Patrick Pearse 23Thomas Clarke 41Thomas MacDonagh 57Edward Daly 72William Pearse 82Michael O'Hanrahan 96Joseph Plunkett 106John MacBride 120Seán Heuston 131Michael Mallin 143Éamonn Ceannt 155Con Colbert 170Thomas Kent 181Seán Mac Diarmada 188James Connolly 202Roger Casement 219Endnotes 231Bibliography 245Index 250