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Children of the Rising, an untold story
A BOOK REVIEW by Dymphna Lonergan Joe Duffy: Children of the Rising: the untold story of the young lives lost during Easter 1916, Hachette Books Ireland, Dublin, 2016 RRP: €20 ISBN: 9781473617056 This is a surprising book. The title, with its euphemistic ‘lost’ for the word ‘died’ might give the impression that this will be a … Continue reading
Easter Rising film and Symposium in Sydney
A Film and Symposium at the University of New South Wales, 15-16 June 2016 Continue reading
The Darlinghurst Seven
A small number of citizens of Irish extraction decided that it was better to fight for Ireland than for the Empire Continue reading
Commemorations and Protest Poetry
Many of the participating poets had been enthusiastic supporters of the Gaelic League – Irish language advocates, poets, playwrights, newspaper writers on cultural and socialist matters. Their loss must have been a severe one to the emergent Free State. Continue reading
‘Wishes for my Son’ and ‘Comrades’ – two poems of the Easter Rising 1916
For I wish you more than I
Ever knew of glorious deed Continue reading
Remembering 24th April 1916
The 24th April 1916 is the actual date of the Easter Rising in Dublin. Continue reading
The 2016 Kathleen Fitzpatrick History Lecture
This lecture will examine the Rising from two perspectives: as a ‘theatre of war’ and as re-enactment. Continue reading
The Easter Rising – another context?
Did the leaders of the Rising fully expect civilians, including children, to die for the cause? Continue reading
Reflections On The Significance Of Easter Week 1916 (Part One)
it was a terrible beauty because of the fundamental transformation of the legend of Ireland and her people which it initiated and the transition to a new Ireland which it inaugurated – for Ireland was indeed to be ‘changed, changed utterly’. Continue reading
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