The 1916 Proclamation
O'Connor, John1999
Books, Manuscripts
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Príomhtheideal:
The 1916 Proclamation / John O'Connor.
Údar:
Eagrán:
Revised edition.
Inphrionta:
Dublin : Anvil Books ; Minneapolis : Irish Books and Media, 1999.
Leathanaigh in ord:
96 p. : ill., ports. ; 20cm.
Nótaí:
includes the names listed in the Dublin section of the 1916 Roll of Honour assembled by the National Museum some years after the Rising, names arranged alphabetically by garrison [GPO O'Connell Street, Boland's Mills, Cabra Bridge, City Hall, Four Courts, Jacob's Factory, Magazine Fort, Marrowbone Lane, Mendicity Institute, Roe's Distillery, St. Stephen's Green, and South Dublin Union."On Easter Monday 24 April 1916 the tricolour flag was hoisted over the General Post Office. Shortly after noon Padraig Pearse standing beneath the high portico read the Proclamation publicly proclaiming Ireland a republic and a sovereign independent state. John O'Connor recounts the birth of the historic document which was to become the cornerstone of the new state. Why was it necessary? Who wrote it? Who secretly printed it and where? How was it distrbuted? How many exist? How would you know an authentic print?" _ cover.First published: Anvil Books, 1986.
ISBN:
190173711X (pbk)
Rangúchán Dewey:
941.591
I dteanga:
English
Réimse:
BRN:
1486068