The impact of the 1916 rising : among the nations / editor, Ruán O'Donnell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

O'Donnell, Ruan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916.

Ireland.

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916--Influence.

Physical Description:

xiv, 288 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Dublin ; Portland, OR : Irish Academic Press, 2008.

Summary:

This book is a collection of fresh research on neglected aspects of the 1916 Rising by established and fresh scholars. It examines the impact of the Rising within the United Kingdom, the British Empire, North America and Australasia and provides a fresh context to recently published work on key figures such as James Connolly and Padraig Pearse.

Contents:

Introduction: Among the Nations / Ruan O'Donnell xii

1 The Limerick Volunteers and 1916 / John O'Callaghan 1

2 Vanguard of the Revolution? The Irish Citizen Army, 1916 / Ann Matthews 24

3 A Land beyond the Sea: Irish and Scottish Republicans in Dublin, 1916 / Marirtin Sean O Cathain 37

4 The British Labour and Socialist Movement and the 1916 Rising / David Granville 49

5 Who Fears to Speak of Easter Week? Antipodean Irish Catholic Responses to the 1916 Rising / Rory Sweetman 71

6 The Wilson Administration and the 1916 Rising / Bernadette Whelan 91

7 Journees Sanglantes/Days of Blood: The French Press and the Easter Rising / Ian McKeane 119

8 James Connolly, the Easter Rising and the First World War: A Contextual Study / Priscilla Metscher 141

9 A People that did not Exist? Reflections on Some Sources and Contexts for Patrick Pearse's Militant Nationalism / Roisin Ni Ghairbhi 161

10 1916: Insurrection or Rebellion? Making Judgements / Peter Berresford Ellis 187

11 The Wind that Shakes the Barley: Reflections on the Writing of Irish history in the Period of the Easter Rising and the Irish War of Independence / Brian P. Murphy, OSB 200

12 Rethinking the Republic: The Republican Movement and 1966 / Matt Treacy 221

Appendix I The 1916 Proclamation 241

Appendix II Introduction to C. Desmond Greaves, 1916 as History: The Myth of the Blood Sacrifice Anthony Coughlan 243

Appendix III Nominal Roll of the Irish Citizen Army 269.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780716529644

0716529645

9780716529651

0716529653

OCLC:

227201764