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In April 1916, the Easter Rising broke out in Dublin. History remembers it as Irish rebel against English soldier, but the truth is more complicated.
Thousands of British army soldiers in the Rising were Irishmen, including Second-Lieutenant Robert Barton from Glendalough, who later became a Sinn Féin TD and a signatory of the Anglo-Irish Truce, the infamous Captain John Bowen-Colthurst on whose orders Francis Sheehy-Skeffington was executed, and the eclectic scientist and inventor Prof. John Joly from Co. Offaly who, at fifty-eight, helped to defend Trinity College Dublin throughout the Rising.
Forty-one Irishmen in the British army died in action during the Rising, 106 were wounded.
These men became a forgotten part of their country’s history.
ISBN/EAN | 9781848892149 |
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Author | Neil Richardson |
Publisher | Gill Books |
Imprint | Collins Press |
Publication date | 21 Sep 2015 |
Format | Paperback |