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The Sinn Fein Rebellion as they saw it

Title
The Sinn Fein Rebellion as they saw it / by Mary Louisa and Arthur Hamilton Norway ; edited and with an introduction by Keith Jeffery.
Author
Norway, Hamilton, Mrs., -1932.
Publication
Portland, Or. : Irish Academic Press, 1999.

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Additional Authors
  • Jeffery, Keith.
  • Norway, Arthur H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1859-1938.
Description
124 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  • "Mary Louisa Hamilton Norway's account of the Easter Rising was first published in 1916 and consists of family letters 'containing a faithful record of the Sinn Fein Rebellion as I saw it'. Living in the Royal Hibernian Hotel in Dawson Street, she was especially well-placed to observe events. Mrs.
  • Norway's husband, Arthur, was Secretary of the General Post Office in Ireland - it was his office, literally, which was occupied and used as the insurgents' headquarters - and we here publish for the very first time his own reminiscences of the period, Irish Experiences In War. Together these accounts provide a vivid and revealing picture of both the official response to events and their impact on the civilian population of Dublin. The narrative also includes the Norways' schoolboy son Nevil, who served with the Red Cross during the Rising.
  • Later he achieved worldwide fame as the novelist Nevil Shute."--BOOK JACKET. "In his Introduction, Professor Keith Jeffery, sets the Norway's accounts in their historical context."--BOOK JACKET.
Uniform Title
Sinn Fein Rebellion as I saw it
Alternative Title
  • Sinn Fein Rebellion as I saw it
  • Irish experiences in war.
Subject
  • Norway, Arthur H. 1859-1938
  • Norway, Hamilton, Mrs., -1932
  • Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916 > Personal narratives
Note
  • Includes The Sinn Fein Rebellion as I saw it, by Mrs. Hamilton Norway and Arthur Hamilton Norway's Irish expreriences in war.
  • Sinn Fein Rebellion as I saw it originally published: London : Smith, Elder, 1916.
  • Text of A.H. Norway's memoir, Irish experiences in war, is taken from a photocopy in the papers of Dr. Leon Ó Broin in the National Library of Ireland (MS 24,894).
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
The Sinn Fein Rebellion as I Saw It -- Irish Experiences in War.
ISBN
0716526646
LCCN
98053977
OCLC
ocm40602663
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries