The easter rebellion by dr conor mcnamara, scholar in residence at nui galway, is a compelling narrative of the events of 1916, wrapped in a handsomely illustrated hardback featuring images from the period. The irish revolution 19 1923, both appeared last year. Please provide me with your latest book news, views and details of waterstones special offers. Diarmaid ferriter born february 1972 is an irish historian, broadcaster and university professor. Prices focus extends to the civil war and this generates some of the strongest material in the book. The focus extends to the civil war and this reveals some of the book s strongest material. Atlas of the irish revolution is mammoth and magnificent diarmaid ferriter. Packing houses in the recent dublin theatre festival was a satirical musical by one of irelands comic geniuses, arthur riordan. Fergal keane ahead of next years anniversary of the 1916 irish easter rebellion come two histories to give us new.
Diarmaid ferriter has 18 books on goodreads with 2696 ratings. The myth of the irish rebel and the misreading of the 1916. The transformation of ireland 19002000 by diarmaid ferriter. Commemorating the easter rising looks closely at how the irish government reinvented the message of 1916 through the official golden jubilee celebrations of the rising. T he criticism came from diarmaid ferriter, whose book and radio. Diarmaid ferriter is a professor of modern irish history at the school of history, university college dublin.
The brigade activity reports 4464 22 pages ferriter d. October 27, 2017 on easter monday, 24 april 1916, a group of irish nationalists, taking advantage of british forces being deployed to france, proclaimed the establishment of the irish republic and staged a rebellion against the british government in. Alternative views of twentiethcentury irish history. He has written a number of books on irish history, including the transformation of ireland 19002000, occasions of sin.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The irish revolution 1923 2015 he is a regular broadcaster on television and radio and a weekly columnist with the irish times. Years of turbulence powerfully showcases many new perspectives on the irish revolutionary period of 191223, through the vivid and provocative scholarship of leading and emerging historians. His main research interest is the social, political and. Trading since 1879, blackwell of oxford is the largest academic and specialist bookseller in the uk. A trad singer is suing renowned historian diarmaid ferriter, claiming that the cover of the academics book depicts the performer as an alcoholic. This book is a selection of 40 articles from the royal irish academys 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. It also explores the organization of various unofficial commemorations in northern ireland in 1966 and the significance of these for nationalist and unionist. Diarmaid ferriter the publication in 2009 of the dictionary of irish biography dib by cambridge university press was a landmark event.
Romantic notions no match for ugly realities of war. Diarmaid ferriter s most popular book is the border. A nation and not a rabble the irish revolution 191923 diarmaid ferriter. The classic text on the struggle for independence in dublin. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading what if. Patricks college, dublin city university, has written an informative, funny, at times derisive book that. With contributions from diarmaid ferriter, rebecca graffmcrae, roisin higgins, carole holohan, professor michael laffan, dr catheirne odonnell and prof tony roche, the book considers how the irish government reinvented the message of 1916 through the jubilee celebrations in 1966.
National book tokens nonfiction book of the year almost inevitably, this years nonfiction shortlist includes a plethora of books on 1916 or related topics. At the start of his survey coogan reminds us that gen john maxwell, sent to ireland to suppress the 1916 rising, was not a cruel or a stupid man. The mornings after, and ferriters book, a nation not a rabble. In 1900, ireland was a restless, impoverished, neglec. Ucd news 1916 in 1966 commemorating the easter rising. In 2010 he presented a threepart history of twentieth century ireland, the limits of liberty, on rte television. Years of turbulence, edited by diarmaid ferriter and susannah riordan, is a series of essays. A campaign in ireland began in 1870 and continued through 1918, the end of world war 1, called the home rule movement. This book distills a huge range of perspectives in an accessible format national army troops at ordnance barracks. Singer sues historian diarmuid ferriter over alcoholic.
Given the war of words there has been between the two historians over the years, there was a good deal of interest in how their respective new 1916 books would do. He has written eleven books on the subject of irish history, and coauthored another. The contributors to this fascinating collection not only focus on new angles, they also revisit traditional assumptions, and elaborate on some of the central, current debates on the revolutionary period. Congratulations on forgotten revolution it is a great achievement and an important book. University college dublin, school of history, newman building belfield dublin 4. Benildus college in kilmacud in dublin and university college dublin. Listen to marie coleman discuss years of turbulence on talking history, newstalk, 24 april 2016 listen to diarmaid ferriter discuss years of turbulence on clare fm, 21 december 2015 listen to diarmaid ferriter discussing years of turbulence with matt cooper on the last word, 3 december 2015 read an extract from the book by marie coleman on women and violence during the war of independence. To what extent was the 1916 easter rising successful in achieving its aim for irish independence in the early 1900s, ireland was governed by the parliament of the united kingdom and under the rule of great britain 1. Ucd historian diarmaid ferriter s latest work, a nation and not a rabble now available in paperback is an absorbing record of the watershed decade 191923. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Professor diarmaid ferriter from university college dublin, author of a recent book on the rising, entitled a nation and not a rabble. Effect of the 1916 easter rising on irish independence. Professor diarmaid ferriter, full professor of modern irish history, university college dublin. In early 1922, paddy odaly and his colleagues formed the nucleus of an expanded unit, styled the dublin guards, within the national army, organised by the protreaty provisional government.
An entertaining and thoughtprovoking counterhistory of twentiethcentury ireland kindle edition by ferriter, diarmaid. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading dublins fighting story 1916 21. Billed as a resource for the nation, it consists of eight million words and 9,014 entries covering 9,700 lives and was the product of. An entertaining and thoughtprovoking counterhistory of twentiethcentury ireland by diarmaid ferriter. Atlas of the irish revolution is mammoth and magnificent. Diarmaid ferriter is professor of modern irish history at university college, dublin. Ferriter coauthor, the irish famine, a lecturer in history at st. Commemorating the easter rising looks closely at how the irish. Diarmaid ferriter highlights the gulf between rhetoric and reality in politics and violence, the role of women, the battle for material survival, the impact of key irish unionist and republican leaders, as well as conflicts over health, land, religion, law and order, and welfare. Fast dispatch, carefully packaged, worldwide delivery. The irish revolution and its aftermath by ferriter, diarmaid, riordan, susannah isbn. Coogan blows ferriter away in explosion of 1916 books. Tim pat coogan s arrogant travesty of irish history there is no indication whatsoever that.
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