1916, what the people saw. (©2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Selected and edited by Mick O'Farrell.
• Other Names: O'Farrell, Mick, 1966-
• Contents: Acknowledgements; The Easter Rising, day by day; Introduction; 'The streets are not exactly health resorts'; 'As he lay on his back he spouted blood like a fountain'; 'The poor dog is nearly out of her mind'; 'Wait a minute -- have a look at our corpse first!'; 'Notwithstanding the sound of machine-guns and cannon, i was completely engrossed in my reading'; 'Within three hours of the outbreak of fighting, an amputation was going on'; 'All that made life worthwhile was being taken from us forever'; 'The little war up in dublin left mayo unmoved' 'Here and there you had to step aside to avoid a dead man''The chivalry, the madness, the inevitable end'; 'The people were thoroughly cowed'; 'Her dear boy is at north wall with his machine-gun'; 'The soldiers have come and we rejoice'; 'Nothing to see except a dead horse lying at the street corner'; 'Hear tramping on our roof and so discover that soldiers are posted there'; 'They're barmy, ' the soldier said. 'that's wot they are.'; 'The work had to be done where firing was in progress'; 'This larkinite & Sinn Fein rising'; 'Wi' the Sinn Feiners in dublin' 'It was a creepy business driving through the deserted streets''When I saw him he had less than twenty minutes to live'; 'Sackville street presented a bewildering aspect'; 'The looters were working with frenzied energy'; 'Those awful days when the rioters let loose their violence upon the city'; 'Most of them were starved, hungry-looking poor fellows'; 'A good deal of play-acting was kept up by the sinn feiners'; 'It always gives an irishman of the lower class immense pleasure to cut down a tree that does not belong to him'; 'Crocodile tears being wept over the poor traitors' 'God has keeping of a good girl's soul'Notes; Photo Section; About the Author; About the Publisher.
• Publisher Details: Cork : Mercier Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations, map
• Subjects: 941.5082/1; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916 -- Personal narratives; Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916 -- Sources; Ireland -- History -- 20th century; Ireland; Electronic books; History; Personal narratives; Sources
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1781172080; 9781781172087
• Related ISBNs: 9781781171509; 1781171505
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-320).; Note: Print version record.
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