Contributor
Ferriter, Diarmaid, 1972-
Imprint:Cork : Mercier Press, 2009.
Description448 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Note:"Originally published by The Kerryman, 1948"--T.p. verso.
Note:Map of Dublin City Centre 1916; Contents; Preface (2009) by Brian O Conchubhair; Acknowledgements; Introduction (2009) by Diarmaid Ferriter; Foreword; How the Fight Began!; The Great Dublin Strike and Lockout, 1913; The Irish Citizen Army; The 1916 Rising; The Magazine Fort raid; The South Dublin Union; Jacob's Factory; Boland's Mills; The North King Street area; Citizen Army posts; The Battle of Ashbourne; The gpo; The Surrender; The Executed Leaders; Padraig Pearse; James Connolly; Tom Clarke; Sean MacDiarmada; Thomas MacDonagh; Eamonn Ceannt; Joseph Mary Plunkett; Major John MacBride. Michael O'Hanrahan; Michael Mallin; Ned Daly; Con Colbert; Sean Heuston; William Pearse; Frongoch University --and After 1916-1919; Saving of the Battalion Dump; Collinstown Aerodrome Raid; Attack on Lord French; Raid on the King's Inns; Fight at Fernside; Death of Sean Treacy; Torture and Execution of Kevin Barry; Bloody Sunday; Escape From Kilmainham Jail; Inchicore Railway Workshop Occupied by Ira; Battle of Brunswick Street; Attack on Raf Units at Red Cow Inn; The Burning of the Custom House; British Forces in Scene of Confusion; Attempted Rescue of Sean Maceoin From Mountjoy Jail. Leonard's story --Outside MacEoin's story --Inside; Conclusion; Escape From Mountjoy; With the Sixth Battalion; The Fight in the Bray Area; In British Jails; How it was Done --Ira Intelligence; Fianna Eireann --with the Dublin Brigade; How the Women Helped; Michael Collins; Eamon de Valera; Arthur Griffith.
Bibliography Note:Includes index.
