Summary: On Easter Monday 1916, a small group of Irish rebels took on the might of the British Empire. Although defeated militarily, the men and women of the Easter Rising would soon win a moral victory, with their actions leading to the creation of an independent Irish State and contributing to the eventual disintegration of the British Empire. They have inspired countless freedom struggles throughout...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV NINCoogan, Tim Pat
Summary: "The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing squads of May 1916 went on to plan a new - and ultimately successful - struggle for Ireland's independence, shaping their country's destiny for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 941.7 COOLlywelyn, Morgan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 1998
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LLYNic Dhiarmada, Bríona
Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Notre Dame Press 2016
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 941.5 NICMcEvoy, Dermot
Summary: Reimagines the Easter Rising lead by Michael Collins, as he, his young protégé, and his assassination squad, called the Twelve Apostles, killed the entire British Secret Service in Dublin, Ireland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Perseus Distribution Services 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCEMurdoch, Iris.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MURO'Neill, Jamie.
Summary: In a story set against the backdrop of Dublin in 1915, two boys who meet at the local swimming hole plan to swim to an island in Dublin Bay the following Easter, but their plans coincide with the Easter uprising--a historic rebellion that changes their lives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2002