The Easter Rising 1916

How do we give a future to the past? How do we perform acts of double remembrance which honor both sides of the story-- spoken and unspoken, acknowledged and forgotten? One hundred years after the Easter Rising, Twinsome Minds explores the complexities of commemoration against the backdrops of the famine and 1916.

(Series: Famine Folios)

The 1916 Rising is one of the most documented and analysed episodes in Ireland's turbulent history. Often overlooked, however, is its immediate aftermath. Picking up where the authors' acclaimed account of the Rising, When the Clock Struck in 1916, left off, we join the men and women of the Rising in the dark abyss of defeat. 

Ireland Easter 1916

• The story of the Easter Rising of 1916 — told from the perspective of the ordinary rank-and-file revolutionaries themselves

  Exploits recently released interviews with over 1700 eye-witnesses to provide new insights into almost every aspect of this seminal period

  Shows how ordinary people became involved in the independence struggle in the context of the Great War — and what their aspirations for a new Ireland were

• Looks at the wider context of the Rising's revolutionary aftermath and how it changed the course of Irish history

This New edition includes new preface and updated bibliography

In 1912, a bloodless revolution had already taken place in Monaghan that resulted in the overthrow of one ruling elite, which was replaced by another.

In Sisters of the Revolutionaries the true extent of the sisters’ relationship with Patrick and Willie is revealed, along with the trials they faced in the wake of Easter 1916. This fascinating biography uncovers the dimensions of the Pearse sisters’ terrible estrangement, but also the joys that were the pattern of their upbringing, and their own formidable talents.

This pamphlet is essential reading for all who wish to understand the significance of Moore Street and the surrounding area, and the bravery of those who fought and died there

The Family Histories of the Seven Signatories is an indispensable genealogical history that uncovers the disparate lives that came together through the will for Irish independence.

Proclaiming a Republic: Ireland, 1916, and the National Collection is the beautifully illustrated book evolved from the National Museum of Ireland’s landmark exhibition, ‘Proclaiming a Republic: the 1916 Rising’.

To commemorate its centenary, Cork City Council has commissioned four of Ireland’s leading contemporary writers to reflect on the meaning of this single most important artefact of the 1916 Rising. Did it ever live up to the idealistic aspirations it pronounced?

There's before 1916 and then there's after. Between them lies the Easter Rising, when Irish republicans took up arms against British rule and changed the course of their country's history forever.