16 dead men : the Easter Rising executions /
by Ryan, Anne Marie.
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BookPublisher: Cork : Mercier, 2014Description: 256 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781781171349 (pbk.) :; 1781171343 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 941.5082 RYASubject(s): Revolutionaries -- Ireland -- Biography | Ireland -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements | Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916 | Biography | BiographySummary: Sixteen men were executed in the aftermath of the Easter Rising in Ireland, 1916: fifteen were shot and one was hanged. Their deaths changed the course of Irish history. But who were these leaders who set in motion events that would lead to the creation of an independent Ireland? Teachers, poets, trade unionists, a shopkeeper and a farmer, the executed leaders of the Easter Rising were a diverse group. This book contains fascinating accounts of the life stories of these men and recounts the events that brought each of them to rebellion in April 1916.
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Sixteen men were executed in the aftermath of the Easter Rising in Ireland, 1916: fifteen were shot and one was hanged. Their deaths changed the course of Irish history. But who were these leaders who set in motion events that would lead to the creation of an independent Ireland? Teachers, poets, trade unionists, a shopkeeper and a farmer, the executed leaders of the Easter Rising were a diverse group. This book contains fascinating accounts of the life stories of these men and recounts the events that brought each of them to rebellion in April 1916.
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