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Has Anyone Ever ‘Cut the Red Wire’ to Defuse a Bomb and What is It Really Like to Be on a Bomb Squad
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Sources:
Death of Colonel Majendie - A Brave Inspector, The Colonist, June 16, 1898, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18980616.2.18
Kenna, Shane, ‘One Skilled Scientist is Worth an Army’ - The Fenian Dynamite Campaign 1881-85, The Irish Story, February 13, 2012, https://www.theirishstory.com/2012/02/13/one-skilled-scientist-is-worth-an-army-the-fenian-dynamite-campaign-1881-85/?relatedposts_hit=...
published: 03 Feb 2021
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The Fenian Risings (1866-1871)
In this video we cover Fenian activity in North America, Ireland and England from 1866-1871.
published: 19 May 2021
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Ireland - A Television History - Part 5 of 13 - 'Fenians'
Part 5/13 in the History of Ireland by Robert Kee
published: 25 Dec 2012
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Tom Clarke Easter Rising Stories
Directed and edited by Marcus Howard. In the last 100 years Thomas Clarke has been largely overlooked and forgotten yet it was he who was the driving force of the rebellion and it was his drive, enthusiasm and natural sense of independence which led the Irish Republican Brotherhood decision to start a rebellion during the great war. The other signatories of the Proclamation insisted that he should sign it first he was held in such high esteem for his unbreakable spirit. This documentary relates the exciting journey Clarke made from the dynamite campaign, his 15 years penal servitude to The Rising. This story is told by the grand-niece of Kathleen Clarke and author of "16 Lives Tom Clarke" by Helen Litton. It also includes distinguished historians Micheal O'Doibhilin and Joseph EA Connell J...
published: 15 Jun 2016
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Irish Manchester- A History
An overview of Manchester's Irish Connection from the 18th century to the present day. Topics include - the history of immigration; the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s; Manchester's 'Little Ireland'; The Manchester Martyrs 1867; the Fenian Dynamite campaign 1881-85; Prejudice and anti Irish sentiment; the current Irish influence on Manchester. This is linked to more in-depth presentations on the Potato Famine, the Manchester Martyrs and t about two Catholic churches, Holy Name and St Augustines
published: 31 Jul 2023
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DANGER Work( I D BOMB 💣DIFFUSE) ENGINEER ARMY MAIN
DANGER Work( I D BOMB 💣DIFFUSE) ENGINEER ARMY MAIN
The first professional civilian bomb squad was established by Sir Vivian Dering Majendie.[2] As a Major in the Royal Artillery, Majendie investigated an explosion on 2 October 1874 in the Regent's Canal, when the barge 'Tilbury', carrying six barrels of petroleum and five tons of gunpowder, blew up, killing the crew and destroying Macclesfield Bridge and cages at nearby London Zoo. In 1875, he framed The Explosives Act, the first modern legislation for explosives control.[3] He also pioneered many bomb disposal techniques, including remote methods for the handling and dismantling of explosives.[2] His advice during the Fenian dynamite campaign of 1881–85[4] was officially recognised as having contributed to the saving of lives. After Vict...
published: 14 Jun 2021
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Edward (Ned) Daly 1916 Revolutionary Leader (19th December 2013)
It stars Brendan Gleeson as Glór, Tim Creed as Ned Daly and Aonghus Og McAnally as Michael O'Hanrahan.
Born as John Edward Daly at 26 Frederick Street (now O'Curry street), Limerick, on 25 February 1891, Daly was the only son among the ten children born to Edward and Catherine Daly (née O'Mara). He was the younger brother of Kathleen Clarke, wife of Tom Clarke, and an active member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). His father, Edward, was a Fenian (IRB member) who died five months before his son's birth at the age of forty-one. His uncle was John Daly, a prominent republican who had taken part in the Fenian Rising and Fenian Dynamite Campaign. It was through John Daly that Clarke had met his future wife.
He was educated by the Presentation Sisters at Sexton Street, the Congregat...
published: 23 Nov 2022
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Profile of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
Helen Donohoe profiles Fenian leader Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa for RTÉ News on the occasion of the State Commemoration of his funeral at Glasnevin Cemetery, 1 August 2015.
For all the stories from 100 years ago, visit http://www.rte.ie/centuryireland
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published: 01 Aug 2015
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deadly dynamic dancers throw back dynamite campaign and practice
some of our idle footages... it was fun
published: 24 Apr 2015
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Colm Tóibín: Easter 1916
Read the full article: http://lrb.me/nh0
Colm Tóibín tells the story of Easter 1916, following the main personalities involved, in particular Thomas Clarke and Patrick Pearse. Tóibín also discusses how interpretations of the rebellion by writers such as Sean O'Casey, W. B. Yeats and James Joyce challenged the popular myths surrounding the uprising, and considers the "stark divergence in the after-image" as it appeared in England and Ireland.
ABOUT THE LRB
Since 1979, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English. Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews and essays by academics, writers and journalists. There are also shorter art and film reviews, as well as poems and a lively letters page.
A typical issue moves through polit...
published: 05 Apr 2016
15:54
Has Anyone Ever ‘Cut the Red Wire’ to Defuse a Bomb and What is It Really Like to Be on a Bomb Squad
Thanks to Magic Spoon for sponsoring today’s video! To try a variety pack and get $5 off, go to → https://magicspoon.thld.co/brainfoodjan2021
→Some of our fav...
Thanks to Magic Spoon for sponsoring today’s video! To try a variety pack and get $5 off, go to → https://magicspoon.thld.co/brainfoodjan2021
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This video is #sponsored by Magic Spoon.
Sources:
Death of Colonel Majendie - A Brave Inspector, The Colonist, June 16, 1898, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18980616.2.18
Kenna, Shane, ‘One Skilled Scientist is Worth an Army’ - The Fenian Dynamite Campaign 1881-85, The Irish Story, February 13, 2012, https://www.theirishstory.com/2012/02/13/one-skilled-scientist-is-worth-an-army-the-fenian-dynamite-campaign-1881-85/?relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=5411&relatedposts_position=2#.YAR95y1b1By
Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Operations, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, January 9, 2012, https://info.publicintelligence.net/JCS-CIED.pdf
Essex-Lopresti, Tim, A Brief History of Civil Defence, http://www.civildefenceassociation.org.uk/HistCDWebA5V5.pdf
Foster, Renita, Unit Kept One Step Ahead of Enemy, July 22, 2011, https://web.archive.org/web/20110722182649/http://www.monmouth.army.mil/monmessg/newmonmsg/feb022007/m05bomb.htm
Sinclair, Melissa, The South’s Headless Hero-Terrorist, Style Weekly, June 29, 2005, https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/the-souths-headless-hero-terrorist/Content?oid=1361218
Hubbard, Peter, “The Exploding Kind,” http://www.racheldavid.plus.com/share/The_Exploding_Kind.pdf
https://wn.com/Has_Anyone_Ever_‘Cut_The_Red_Wire’_To_Defuse_A_Bomb_And_What_Is_It_Really_Like_To_Be_On_A_Bomb_Squad
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This video is #sponsored by Magic Spoon.
Sources:
Death of Colonel Majendie - A Brave Inspector, The Colonist, June 16, 1898, https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18980616.2.18
Kenna, Shane, ‘One Skilled Scientist is Worth an Army’ - The Fenian Dynamite Campaign 1881-85, The Irish Story, February 13, 2012, https://www.theirishstory.com/2012/02/13/one-skilled-scientist-is-worth-an-army-the-fenian-dynamite-campaign-1881-85/?relatedposts_hit=1&relatedposts_origin=5411&relatedposts_position=2#.YAR95y1b1By
Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Operations, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, January 9, 2012, https://info.publicintelligence.net/JCS-CIED.pdf
Essex-Lopresti, Tim, A Brief History of Civil Defence, http://www.civildefenceassociation.org.uk/HistCDWebA5V5.pdf
Foster, Renita, Unit Kept One Step Ahead of Enemy, July 22, 2011, https://web.archive.org/web/20110722182649/http://www.monmouth.army.mil/monmessg/newmonmsg/feb022007/m05bomb.htm
Sinclair, Melissa, The South’s Headless Hero-Terrorist, Style Weekly, June 29, 2005, https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/the-souths-headless-hero-terrorist/Content?oid=1361218
Hubbard, Peter, “The Exploding Kind,” http://www.racheldavid.plus.com/share/The_Exploding_Kind.pdf
- published: 03 Feb 2021
- views: 114599
5:13
The Fenian Risings (1866-1871)
In this video we cover Fenian activity in North America, Ireland and England from 1866-1871.
In this video we cover Fenian activity in North America, Ireland and England from 1866-1871.
https://wn.com/The_Fenian_Risings_(1866_1871)
In this video we cover Fenian activity in North America, Ireland and England from 1866-1871.
- published: 19 May 2021
- views: 2450
1:03:14
Tom Clarke Easter Rising Stories
Directed and edited by Marcus Howard. In the last 100 years Thomas Clarke has been largely overlooked and forgotten yet it was he who was the driving force of t...
Directed and edited by Marcus Howard. In the last 100 years Thomas Clarke has been largely overlooked and forgotten yet it was he who was the driving force of the rebellion and it was his drive, enthusiasm and natural sense of independence which led the Irish Republican Brotherhood decision to start a rebellion during the great war. The other signatories of the Proclamation insisted that he should sign it first he was held in such high esteem for his unbreakable spirit. This documentary relates the exciting journey Clarke made from the dynamite campaign, his 15 years penal servitude to The Rising. This story is told by the grand-niece of Kathleen Clarke and author of "16 Lives Tom Clarke" by Helen Litton. It also includes distinguished historians Micheal O'Doibhilin and Joseph EA Connell Jr. It also features an original soundtrack by PJ McDonald performing "Our Own Rebel Hero".
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Colorised photos by John O'Byrne
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Colorised photos by Tony Nicoletti
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Creative Commons License Public Domain.This video is to be used for educational discussion. This video can be shared but must be shown in it's entirety. Please share and help get the message out if you agree with some of the arguments discussed.
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Directed and edited by Marcus Howard. In the last 100 years Thomas Clarke has been largely overlooked and forgotten yet it was he who was the driving force of the rebellion and it was his drive, enthusiasm and natural sense of independence which led the Irish Republican Brotherhood decision to start a rebellion during the great war. The other signatories of the Proclamation insisted that he should sign it first he was held in such high esteem for his unbreakable spirit. This documentary relates the exciting journey Clarke made from the dynamite campaign, his 15 years penal servitude to The Rising. This story is told by the grand-niece of Kathleen Clarke and author of "16 Lives Tom Clarke" by Helen Litton. It also includes distinguished historians Micheal O'Doibhilin and Joseph EA Connell Jr. It also features an original soundtrack by PJ McDonald performing "Our Own Rebel Hero".
Facebook: Easter Rising Stories
www.kilmainhamtales.ie
Colorised photos by John O'Byrne
Facebook:Old Irish & World Photographs in Color-John
Colorised photos by Tony Nicoletti
Facebook: 1916 Easter Revolution In colour
Creative Commons License Public Domain.This video is to be used for educational discussion. This video can be shared but must be shown in it's entirety. Please share and help get the message out if you agree with some of the arguments discussed.
This video is for fair use for purposes like criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research and it obeys Fair Use law.
Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use.
- published: 15 Jun 2016
- views: 35724
25:48
Irish Manchester- A History
An overview of Manchester's Irish Connection from the 18th century to the present day. Topics include - the history of immigration; the Great Potato Famine of t...
An overview of Manchester's Irish Connection from the 18th century to the present day. Topics include - the history of immigration; the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s; Manchester's 'Little Ireland'; The Manchester Martyrs 1867; the Fenian Dynamite campaign 1881-85; Prejudice and anti Irish sentiment; the current Irish influence on Manchester. This is linked to more in-depth presentations on the Potato Famine, the Manchester Martyrs and t about two Catholic churches, Holy Name and St Augustines
https://wn.com/Irish_Manchester_A_History
An overview of Manchester's Irish Connection from the 18th century to the present day. Topics include - the history of immigration; the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s; Manchester's 'Little Ireland'; The Manchester Martyrs 1867; the Fenian Dynamite campaign 1881-85; Prejudice and anti Irish sentiment; the current Irish influence on Manchester. This is linked to more in-depth presentations on the Potato Famine, the Manchester Martyrs and t about two Catholic churches, Holy Name and St Augustines
- published: 31 Jul 2023
- views: 468
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DANGER Work( I D BOMB 💣DIFFUSE) ENGINEER ARMY MAIN
DANGER Work( I D BOMB 💣DIFFUSE) ENGINEER ARMY MAIN
The first professional civilian bomb squad was established by Sir Vivian Dering Majendie.[2] As a Major in t...
DANGER Work( I D BOMB 💣DIFFUSE) ENGINEER ARMY MAIN
The first professional civilian bomb squad was established by Sir Vivian Dering Majendie.[2] As a Major in the Royal Artillery, Majendie investigated an explosion on 2 October 1874 in the Regent's Canal, when the barge 'Tilbury', carrying six barrels of petroleum and five tons of gunpowder, blew up, killing the crew and destroying Macclesfield Bridge and cages at nearby London Zoo. In 1875, he framed The Explosives Act, the first modern legislation for explosives control.[3] He also pioneered many bomb disposal techniques, including remote methods for the handling and dismantling of explosives.[2] His advice during the Fenian dynamite campaign of 1881–85[4] was officially recognised as having contributed to the saving of lives. After Victoria Station was bombed on 26 February 1884 he defused a bomb built with a clockwork mechanism which might have gone off at any moment .#baghi47
The New York City Police Department established its first bomb squad in 1903. Known as the #Italian Squad", its primary mission was to deal with dynamite bombs used by the Mafia to intimidate immigrant Italian merchants and residents. It would later be known as the "Anarchist Squad" and the "Radical Squad"
#bombprank#grenade#markrober#baghi47#grenadelauncher#pakarmy#pakistanarmyzindabad
https://wn.com/Danger_Work(_I_D_Bomb_💣Diffuse)_Engineer_Army_Main
DANGER Work( I D BOMB 💣DIFFUSE) ENGINEER ARMY MAIN
The first professional civilian bomb squad was established by Sir Vivian Dering Majendie.[2] As a Major in the Royal Artillery, Majendie investigated an explosion on 2 October 1874 in the Regent's Canal, when the barge 'Tilbury', carrying six barrels of petroleum and five tons of gunpowder, blew up, killing the crew and destroying Macclesfield Bridge and cages at nearby London Zoo. In 1875, he framed The Explosives Act, the first modern legislation for explosives control.[3] He also pioneered many bomb disposal techniques, including remote methods for the handling and dismantling of explosives.[2] His advice during the Fenian dynamite campaign of 1881–85[4] was officially recognised as having contributed to the saving of lives. After Victoria Station was bombed on 26 February 1884 he defused a bomb built with a clockwork mechanism which might have gone off at any moment .#baghi47
The New York City Police Department established its first bomb squad in 1903. Known as the #Italian Squad", its primary mission was to deal with dynamite bombs used by the Mafia to intimidate immigrant Italian merchants and residents. It would later be known as the "Anarchist Squad" and the "Radical Squad"
#bombprank#grenade#markrober#baghi47#grenadelauncher#pakarmy#pakistanarmyzindabad
- published: 14 Jun 2021
- views: 28
52:50
Edward (Ned) Daly 1916 Revolutionary Leader (19th December 2013)
It stars Brendan Gleeson as Glór, Tim Creed as Ned Daly and Aonghus Og McAnally as Michael O'Hanrahan.
Born as John Edward Daly at 26 Frederick Street (now O'C...
It stars Brendan Gleeson as Glór, Tim Creed as Ned Daly and Aonghus Og McAnally as Michael O'Hanrahan.
Born as John Edward Daly at 26 Frederick Street (now O'Curry street), Limerick, on 25 February 1891, Daly was the only son among the ten children born to Edward and Catherine Daly (née O'Mara). He was the younger brother of Kathleen Clarke, wife of Tom Clarke, and an active member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). His father, Edward, was a Fenian (IRB member) who died five months before his son's birth at the age of forty-one. His uncle was John Daly, a prominent republican who had taken part in the Fenian Rising and Fenian Dynamite Campaign. It was through John Daly that Clarke had met his future wife.
He was educated by the Presentation Sisters at Sexton Street, the Congregation of Christian Brothers at Roxboro Road and at Leamy’s commercial college. He spent a short time as an apprentice baker in Glasgow, before returning to Limerick to work in Spaight's timber yard. He later moved to Dublin where he eventually took up a position with a wholesale chemists. In 1913 he moved to Dublin where he lived with Kathleen and Tom Clarke.
Political involvement
Although Daly's membership of the IRB is certain, it is not known when he joined the organisation. In November 1913 Daly joined the newly founded Irish Volunteers. He soon reached the rank of captain. He was assiduous in his study of military manuals and the professionalism of his company gained the admiration of senior officers in actions such as the Howth gun-running of 1914. In March 1915, he was promoted to the rank of commandant of the 1st Battalion. Like many other of the rising's leaders Daly was a member of the Keating branch of the Gaelic League.
The Easter Rising
Daly's battalion, stationed in the Four Courts and areas to the west and north of the centre of Dublin, saw the most harsh fighting of the rising. He was forced to surrender his battalion on 29 April by Patrick Pearse. He was court martialed under the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 and executed by firing squad on 4 May 1916, at the age of 25.
The men in his battalion spoke of him as a good leader. This opinion was also shared by a British officer that Daly's battalion had captured.
Bray railway station was renamed Bray Daly railway station in his honour in 1966.
https://wn.com/Edward_(Ned)_Daly_1916_Revolutionary_Leader_(19Th_December_2013)
It stars Brendan Gleeson as Glór, Tim Creed as Ned Daly and Aonghus Og McAnally as Michael O'Hanrahan.
Born as John Edward Daly at 26 Frederick Street (now O'Curry street), Limerick, on 25 February 1891, Daly was the only son among the ten children born to Edward and Catherine Daly (née O'Mara). He was the younger brother of Kathleen Clarke, wife of Tom Clarke, and an active member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). His father, Edward, was a Fenian (IRB member) who died five months before his son's birth at the age of forty-one. His uncle was John Daly, a prominent republican who had taken part in the Fenian Rising and Fenian Dynamite Campaign. It was through John Daly that Clarke had met his future wife.
He was educated by the Presentation Sisters at Sexton Street, the Congregation of Christian Brothers at Roxboro Road and at Leamy’s commercial college. He spent a short time as an apprentice baker in Glasgow, before returning to Limerick to work in Spaight's timber yard. He later moved to Dublin where he eventually took up a position with a wholesale chemists. In 1913 he moved to Dublin where he lived with Kathleen and Tom Clarke.
Political involvement
Although Daly's membership of the IRB is certain, it is not known when he joined the organisation. In November 1913 Daly joined the newly founded Irish Volunteers. He soon reached the rank of captain. He was assiduous in his study of military manuals and the professionalism of his company gained the admiration of senior officers in actions such as the Howth gun-running of 1914. In March 1915, he was promoted to the rank of commandant of the 1st Battalion. Like many other of the rising's leaders Daly was a member of the Keating branch of the Gaelic League.
The Easter Rising
Daly's battalion, stationed in the Four Courts and areas to the west and north of the centre of Dublin, saw the most harsh fighting of the rising. He was forced to surrender his battalion on 29 April by Patrick Pearse. He was court martialed under the Defence of the Realm Act 1914 and executed by firing squad on 4 May 1916, at the age of 25.
The men in his battalion spoke of him as a good leader. This opinion was also shared by a British officer that Daly's battalion had captured.
Bray railway station was renamed Bray Daly railway station in his honour in 1966.
- published: 23 Nov 2022
- views: 343
4:38
Profile of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa
Helen Donohoe profiles Fenian leader Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa for RTÉ News on the occasion of the State Commemoration of his funeral at Glasnevin Cemetery, 1 Au...
Helen Donohoe profiles Fenian leader Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa for RTÉ News on the occasion of the State Commemoration of his funeral at Glasnevin Cemetery, 1 August 2015.
For all the stories from 100 years ago, visit http://www.rte.ie/centuryireland
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Helen Donohoe profiles Fenian leader Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa for RTÉ News on the occasion of the State Commemoration of his funeral at Glasnevin Cemetery, 1 August 2015.
For all the stories from 100 years ago, visit http://www.rte.ie/centuryireland
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/centuryIRL
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- published: 01 Aug 2015
- views: 3791
1:06:53
Colm Tóibín: Easter 1916
Read the full article: http://lrb.me/nh0
Colm Tóibín tells the story of Easter 1916, following the main personalities involved, in particular Thomas Clarke and ...
Read the full article: http://lrb.me/nh0
Colm Tóibín tells the story of Easter 1916, following the main personalities involved, in particular Thomas Clarke and Patrick Pearse. Tóibín also discusses how interpretations of the rebellion by writers such as Sean O'Casey, W. B. Yeats and James Joyce challenged the popular myths surrounding the uprising, and considers the "stark divergence in the after-image" as it appeared in England and Ireland.
ABOUT THE LRB
Since 1979, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English. Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews and essays by academics, writers and journalists. There are also shorter art and film reviews, as well as poems and a lively letters page.
A typical issue moves through political commentary to science or ancient history by way of literary criticism and social anthropology. So, for example, an issue can open with a piece on the rhetoric of war, move on to reassessing the reputation of Pythagoras, follow that with articles on the situation in Iraq, the 19th-century super-rich, Nabokov’s unpublished novel, how saints got to be saints, the life and work of William Empson, and an assessment of the poetry of Alice Oswald.
https://wn.com/Colm_Tóibín_Easter_1916
Read the full article: http://lrb.me/nh0
Colm Tóibín tells the story of Easter 1916, following the main personalities involved, in particular Thomas Clarke and Patrick Pearse. Tóibín also discusses how interpretations of the rebellion by writers such as Sean O'Casey, W. B. Yeats and James Joyce challenged the popular myths surrounding the uprising, and considers the "stark divergence in the after-image" as it appeared in England and Ireland.
ABOUT THE LRB
Since 1979, the London Review of Books has stood up for the tradition of the literary and intellectual essay in English. Each issue contains up to 15 long reviews and essays by academics, writers and journalists. There are also shorter art and film reviews, as well as poems and a lively letters page.
A typical issue moves through political commentary to science or ancient history by way of literary criticism and social anthropology. So, for example, an issue can open with a piece on the rhetoric of war, move on to reassessing the reputation of Pythagoras, follow that with articles on the situation in Iraq, the 19th-century super-rich, Nabokov’s unpublished novel, how saints got to be saints, the life and work of William Empson, and an assessment of the poetry of Alice Oswald.
- published: 05 Apr 2016
- views: 18232