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Ireland’s Wars: Moore Street And Surrender
As Friday began, and the fifth day of fighting in the centre of Dublin commenced, it was clear that the GPO was in serious peril. British artillery was demolishing the building piece by piece, and every time the brave Volunteers-turned-firefighters … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1916, British, gpo, history, ireland, irish citizen army, irish volunteers, moore street, pearse, sackville street, war
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Ireland’s Wars: Sackville Street
When it came to the headquarters of the Irish Republic, the military council did not look far beyond Liberty Hall. Sackville Street was then, as now with its modern day O’Connell Street moniker, one of the main thoroughfares of Dublin … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Ireland's Wars, War
Tagged 1916, British, clarke, connolly, easter rising, gpo, history, ireland, irish citizen army, irish volunteers, mcdermott, pearse, plunkett, sackville street, war
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Revolutionary Remembrance: Moore Street (Again)
A bit late, but only had time and the energy to jot down the following thoughts at this point. The other week I happened to stumble upon another of the interminable debates about the commemoration for the 100th anniversary of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Revolutionary Remembrance
Tagged 1916, easter rising, gpo, history, moore street, pearse, relatives association, revolutionary remembrance, war
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Rebels: Voices From The Easter Rising (Fearghal McGarry)
McGarry, author of an excellent biography of Eoin O’Duffy, has brought together a wide variety of recollections and memories from those who lived through the early years of the Irish revolutionary period, culminating in the Easter Rising of 1916 and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Politics, Revolutionary Remembrance, War
Tagged easter rising, fearghal mcgarry, gpo, history, hobson, ica, ipp, irish volunteers, pearse, rebels: voices from the easter rising, redmond, war
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1916: Seachtar Na Casca
It is a truly excellent piece of television. Not since Ken Burns’ The Civil War have I been so enraptured by a documentary. What we have here, for the uninitiated, is a seven part hourly series on the signatories of the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, Reviews, TV/Movies, War
Tagged 1916, actors, aoife strong, betrayed, ceannt, clarke, connolly, coogan, documentary, easter rising, executions, ghosts, gpo, history, ireland, jacobs, macdiarmada, macdonagh, michael fox, minstrel boy, music, pearse, plunkett, polio, review, seachtar na casca, south dublin union, tg4, the dark way, tv, war
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It Is Not War #5: Michael Collins
A nice short one this time. Neil Jordan’s biopic of the iconic revolutionary is rightly lauded as a fine piece of filmmaking. Neeson, simply put, is Collins for those two hours and the supporting cast (even Julia ‘This is my Oirish accent’ … Continue reading
Posted in History, Ireland, It Is Not War, TV/Movies, War
Tagged artillery, british army, easter rising, gpo, irb, ireland, it is not war, liam neeson, michael collins, movie, neil jordan, war
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