Ann Matthews

The Irish Citizen Army (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Irish Citizen Army was originally established as a defence corps during the 1913 Lockout, but under the leadership of James Connolly its aims became more Republican and the IRB, fearing Connolly would pre-empt their plans for the Easter Rising, convinced him to join his force with the Irish Volunteers. During the Rising the ICA was active in three garrisons and the book describes for the first time in depth its involvement at St Stephen's Green and the Royal College of Surgeons, at City Hall and its environs and, using the first-hand account of journalist J.J. O'Leary who was on the scene, in the battle around the GPO. The author questions the much-vaunted myth of the equality of men and women in the ICA and scrutinises the credentials of Larkin and Connolly as champions of both sexes. She also asserts that the Proclamation was not read by Patrick Pearse from the steps of the GPO, but by Tom Clarke from Nelson's Pillar. She provides sources to suggest that the Proclamation was not, as has always been believed, printed in Liberty Hall, and that the final headquarters of the rebels was not at number 16 Moore Street, but somewhere between numbers 21 and 26.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mercier Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781781173084
• Artikelnr.: 41356871

Autorenporträt

Ann Matthews is the author of 'Renegades' (2010) and 'Dissidents' (2012) and a play 'Lockout' staged in 2013. Originally from Dublin, she now lives in Kildare where she lectures at NUI Maynooth.She has contributed to the 'Journal of Irish Military History' and 'The Irish Archive Journal', among other publications.