Seán MacDiarmada : 16 Lives
Feeney, Brian2014
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An accessible biography about Seán MacDiarmada, a leader in the 1916 Rising.
Main title:
Seán MacDiarmada : 16 Lives / Brian Feeney.
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Imprint:
Dublin : The O'Brien Press, 2014.
Collation:
336 p. : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
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Seán MacDiarmada was a key figure in the preparation for the Easter Rising. From his introduction to republicanism in Belfast in 1905 to his death in front of a firing squad on 12 May 1916, he devoted his life to the cause of Irish independence. He was the national organiser for the IRB and, with his close friend Tom Clarke, essentially ran the organisation in the years before the Rising. Yet he has often been overlooked. Unlike James Connolly or Patrick Pearse, he left very few writings behind, partly out of a need for secrecy and partly because he was an exceptionally practical man in a country that he once claimed had 'too many philosophers'. Ironically, our best record of his activities comes from the police who tailed him for most of his adult life. In this new biography, Dr. Brian Feeney presents a definitive picture of a man who worked tirelessly in the background to bring about the revolution he believed would set Ireland free to pursue her own destiny." _ cover.Bibliography: p.328-331.
ISBN:
9781847172631 (pbk)
Dewey class:
941.591
Language:
English
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BRN:
1371079