1916 : the mornings after : from the courts martial to the tribunals / Tim Pat Coogan.

London : Head of Zeus, 2016.

329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm

Originally published: 2015.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

The 1916 Easter Rising and its aftermath changed Ireland for ever. The British government's execution of 14 republican rebels transformed a group hitherto perceived as cranks and troublemakers into national heroes. Those who avoided the British firing squads of May 1916 went on to plan a new - and ultimately successful - struggle for Ireland's independence, shaping their country's destiny for the century to come. Historian Tim Pat Coogan offers a strongly personal perspective on the Irish century that followed the Rising - charting a flawed history that is marked as much by complacency, corruption and institutional and clerical abuse, as it is by the sacrifices and nation-building achievements of the Republic's founding fathers.

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