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1916 : portraits and lives

Title
1916 : portraits and lives / edited by Lawrence William White and James Quinn ; introduction and afterword by Patrick Maume ; illustrated by David Rooney.
Publication
Dublin : Royal Irish Academy, [2015]

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Additional Authors
  • White, Lawrence William
  • Quinn, James, 1961-
  • Rooney, David (Illustrator)
  • Maume, Patrick
Description
xvi, 367 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"This book is a selection of 40 [that is, 42] articles from the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography, dealing with 42 men and women whose careers, in one way or another, were deeply involved with the Easter rising of 1916. The biographies selected compose an inclusively broad picture of the rising, representing the spectrum of personalities and perspectives that were involved in the event. They include not only the insurgents (and some others) killed during the rising but also some of the women who were involved as soldiers or in supporting capacities; three nationalist leaders who opposed the rising; some of the senior figures in the British administration in Ireland in 1916; members of the British army that suppressed the rising; and two historians who made considerable contributions to the scholarly debate on 1916. This selection aims to give a balanced view of the rising. In addition to the biographies, there is an extended introduction by Patrick Maume, Queen's University Belfast, and each biography is illustrated with an original drawing by artist David Rooney."--Publisher's website.
Uniform Title
Dictionary of Irish biography. Selections.
Alternative Title
Portraits and lives
Subjects
Note
  • "The biographies in this book are selected from the Royal Irish Academy's Dictionary of Irish Biography ..."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-347) and index.
Call Number
JFE 16-1244
ISBN
  • 9781908996381
  • 1908996382
LCCN
2015464287
OCLC
921185164
Title
1916 : portraits and lives / edited by Lawrence William White and James Quinn ; introduction and afterword by Patrick Maume ; illustrated by David Rooney.
Publisher
Dublin : Royal Irish Academy, [2015]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-347) and index.
Added Author
White, Lawrence William, editor.
Quinn, James, 1961- editor.
Rooney, David (Illustrator), illustrator.
Maume, Patrick, writer of supplementary textual content.
Added Title
Dictionary of Irish biography. Selections.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-1244
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