Table of Contents

Introduction Ruan O'Donnell. The Limerick Volunteers and 1916 John O'Callaghan.Vanguard of the Revolution? The Irish Citizen Army, 1916 Ann Matthews. 'A Land Beyond the Sea': Irish and Scottish Republicans in Dublin, 1916' Mairtin Sean O Cathain. The British Labour and Socialist Movement and the 1916 Rising David Granville. Antipodean Irish Catholic Responses to the 1916 Rising Rory Sweetman. 'The Wilson Administration and the 1916 Rising Bernadette Whelan. Journees Sanglantes/ Days of Blood: The French Press and the Easter Rising Ian McKeane. The Easter Rising and the First World War. A Contextual Study Priscilla Metscher and James Connolly. 'A People That Did Not Exist?: Reflections on Some Sources and Contexts for Patrick Pearse's Militant Nationalism Roisin Ni Ghairbhi. 1916: Insurrection or Rebellion? Making Judgements Peter Berresford Ellis. 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley': Reflections on the Writing of Irish History in the Period of the Easter Rising and the Irish War of Independence Brian P Murphy. Rethinking the Republic: The Republican Movement and 1966 Matt Treacy. Appendices: The 1916 Proclamation. Introduction to C. Desmond Greaves, 1916 as History, The Myth of Blood Sacrifice Anthony Coughlan. Nominal Roll of the Irish Citizen's Army.

About the Author

Ruan O'Donnell, a graduate of University College Dublin, holds a PhD from the Australian National University and is Head of School of History and Politics, University of Limerick. He is the author of several books on the history of Irish Republicanism, including From Vinegar Hill to Edentubber, The Wexford IRA and the Border Campaign (Wexford, 2007).