Short Stories of Padraig Pearse: The Easter Rising Hero of 1916
Short Stories of Padraig Pearse: The Easter Rising Hero of 1916

Author: Patrick Pearse

Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd

Published: 1989-01-01

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 178117119X

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Pádraic Pearse, who played a prominent part in the 1916 rebellion, declared Ireland a Republic from the steps of the General Post Office in Dublin. He was executed, along with the other leaders, for his part in the Rising. But he was a gentle warrior at heart. These five stories show us that Pearse was a man of deep understanding with immense human awareness of the way of life of the average person. He analyses the sorrows and joys of the Irish people of his time, and writes of the tragedies of life and death from which they could never escape.

The Easter Rising 1916 - Molly's Diary
The Easter Rising 1916 - Molly's Diary

Author: Patricia Murphy

Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd

Published: 2015-12-22

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13:

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Easter 1916. The Great War rages in Europe with two hundred thousand Irishmen fighting in the British Army. But a small group of Irish nationalists refuse to fight for Britain and strike a blow for Irish freedom. Caught up in the action in Dublin, is twelve-year-old Molly O’Donovan. Her own family is plunged into danger on both sides of the conflict. Her father, a technical officer with the Post Office dodges the crossfire as he tries to restore the telegraph lines while her wayward brother runs messages for the rebels. Molly a trained First Aider, risks her own safety to help the wounded on both sides. As violence and looting erupts in the streets of Dublin alongside heroism and high ideals, Molly records it all. The Proclamation at the GPO, the battle of Mount Street, the arrival of the British Troops. But will Molly’s own family survive and will she be able to save her brother? This is her diary.

The Coming Revolution
The Coming Revolution

Author: Patrick Pearse

Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd

Published: 2012-07-02

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1781171351

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Pearse's skill as an orator is indisputable. His fiery idealism was one of the key motivators that brought the rebels to the GPO in 1916. This collection of his wrting showcase's this skill, but also the complex philosophy that underpinned it. Ranging from his theories of education articulated in 'The Murder Machine' (1912), through his orations on the great Fenian leaders of the past: Wolfe Tone, Emmet and O'Donovan Rossa; to his writings on 'The Separtatist Idea', 'The Spiritual Nation' and 'The Sovereign People' in the months leading up to the rising; this is a crucial collection for the library of anyone with an interest in Irish history.

Meath Folk Tales
Meath Folk Tales

Author: Richard Marsh

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2013-12-02

Total Pages: 223

ISBN-13: 0752499327

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Meath, the 'Royal County', has a rich heritage of myths and legends which is uniquely captured in this collection of traditional tales from across the county. Here you will find tales of the first occupation of Ireland and the exploits of St Patrick and Colmcille along with stories of witches, hags, ghosts and fairies. As well as the legends of the Hill of Tara, the ancient political capital and enduring spiritual heartland of Ireland. In a vivid journey through Meath's varied landscape, local storyteller Richard Marsh takes the reader to places where legend and landscape are inseparably linked.

A Terrible Beauty
A Terrible Beauty

Author: Mairéad Ashe FitzGerald

Publisher: The O'Brien Press

Published: 2015-04-06

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1847177697

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'A terrible beauty is born' WB Yeats's poignant words have come to immortalise the complex legacy of the Easter Rising, 1916. The poetry that emerged at this time of upheaval in Ireland gave voice to the thoughts of a generation. Yeats's poem, 'Easter 1916', sits alongside selected works of other major poets of the era. These include Patrick Pearse, Thomas MacDonagh and Joseph Plunkett, who were executed for their part in the Rising. In the aftermath of the Rising an outpouring of poetry also expressed the shock and grief of literary figures such as Padraic Colum, Francis Ledwidge, Eva Gore-Booth, James Stephens, Dora Sigerson Shorter and Seán O'Casey. Rebels, soldiers, honorary Irishmen, sympathisers and exiles all held up a mirror, in verse, to the events, beliefs and desires bound up in 1916.

Reading Irish-American Fiction
Reading Irish-American Fiction

Author: M. Hallissy

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2006-03-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1403983275

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This book analyzes five novels, all published between 1989 and 1999, in which the main characters are 'hyphenated people': Americans who are ancestrally joined to, yet realistically separated from, the Irish. Hallissy explores why these characters think of themselves as Irish, though they have know little of Ireland or its people.

The Terrorist Identity
The Terrorist Identity

Author: Michael P. Arena

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2006-11

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0814707165

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This book provides an understanding of the terrorist idenity that draws on concepts from psychology, criminalogy, and sociology. The book examines several case studies of various terrorist groups.

Ten Women of the 1916 Rising
Ten Women of the 1916 Rising

Author: Ann Carroll

Publisher: Poolbeg Press

Published: 2017-10-24

Total Pages: 50

ISBN-13: 9781781998779

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Where did it all begin, the struggle of these ten women for Irish freedom? What made them support the Rising in 1916? The answer lies in their childhoods. A skating accident, a Fenian nanny, the loss of a parent, poverty, tales of the Famine, a close friendship, and a sense of exile - such were the early experiences that formed them and made them what they were: brave, adventurous and ready to risk their lives!

Short Stories
Short Stories

Author: Padraic Pearse

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13:

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Translated from Irish by Joseph Campbell, Patrick Pearse's ten stories were first published between 1905 and 1916. Groundbreaking in Pearse's recourse to modern narrative techniques and his use of vernacular Irish, these stories provide a sympathetic portrayal of life in Connemara. Joseph Campbell translated them into English in the aftermath of the 1916 "Rising". His translations capture the spirit and tone of the original stories, largely because they are written in a distinctive form of Hiberno-Irish that reflects Pearse's use of colloquial speech.