| Edition |
First U.S. edition. |
| Description |
329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The road to the rising -- Towards independence -- The treaty saga -- The culture of the time -- The age of Dev -- The generation game -- A world of troubles -- Towards peace -- Disillusionment -- Stonewalled -- Institutional abuse -- The corruption of a nation -- The golden circle. |
| Summary |
"The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing squads of May 1916 went on to plan a new - and ultimately successful - struggle for Ireland's independence, shaping their country's destiny for the century to come. But what sort of country did they create? And to what extent does post-1916 Ireland measure up to the hopes and aspirations of 'MacDonagh and MacBride / And Connolly and Pearse'? Best-selling historian Tim Pat Coogan offers a strongly personal perspective on the Irish century that followed the Rising - charting a flawed history that is marked as much by complacency, corruption and institutional and clerical abuse, as it is by the sacrifices and nation-building achievements of the Republic's founding fathers"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Easter Rising (Ireland : 1916) (OCoLC)fst01352821
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Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916 -- Influence.
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Ireland -- History -- 1922-
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Ireland -- Politics and government -- 1922-
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Ireland.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) (OCoLC)fst00972484
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Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
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Ireland. (OCoLC)fst01205427
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| Chronological Term |
Since 1916
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Nineteen sixteen |
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One hundred years of Irish independence |
| ISBN |
9781250110596 hardcover |
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1250110599 hardcover |
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9781250110602 electronic book |
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1250110602 electronic book |
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