According to their lights : Stories of Irishmen in the British Army, Easter 1916 / Neil Richardson.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Cork : The Collins Press, 2015Description: xi, 436 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781848892149 (pbk.)
- 941.5 RIC
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 941.5 RIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100518936 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
e eclectic scientist and inventor Prof. John Joly from Co. Offaly who, at fifty-eight, helped to defend Trinity College Dublin throughout the Rising. Many enlisted to fight for Irish Home Rule or Ulster Unionism, to find adventure or escape from poverty. None imagined they would find themselves on the streets of Dublin, killing - and being killed by - fellow Irishmen. Forty-one Irishmen in the British army died in action during the Rising, 106 were wounded. These men became a forgotten part of their country's history. * Also available: 'Blackpool to the Front: A Cork Suburb and Ireland's Great War 1914-1918' by Mark Cronin and 'When the Clock Struck in 1916: Close-Quarter Combat in the Easter Rising' by Derek Molyneux & Darren Kelly
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. vii)
- 1 Introduction (p. 1)
- 2 Unarmed Soldiers During the Early Hours of the Rising (p. 11)
- 3 3rd Royal Irish Regiment: From the South Dublin Union to the GPO (p. 22)
- 4 10th Royal Dublin Fusiliers: From the Quays to the Castle (p. 78)
- 5 3rd Royal Irish Rifles: The 'All-Ireland' Battalion (p. 138)
- 6 Irish Units Summoned to Dublin (p. 220)
- 7 The Forgotten Siege of Beggarsbush Barracks (p. 282)
- 8 Dublin University Officer Training Corps: The Defence of Trinity College, Dublin (p. 317)
- 9 Conclusion (p. 382)
- Acknowledgements (p. 409)
- Bibliography and further reading (p. 411)
- Index (p. 421)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Neil Richardson, from Dublin, lives in Westmeath. His first book, A Coward If I Return, A Hero If I Fall: Stories of Irishmen in WWI, won the Argosy Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year award in 2010, and was followed by Dark Times, Decent Men: Stories of Irishmen in WWII (2012). He lectures on military topics in Ireland and abroad and features on national radio and television. Neil is in the Reserve Defence Forces and his family has a military tradition stretching over 150 years.