1916 - Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition

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Irish rebellion begets a nation's legacy.

"1916 - Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition" takes a closer look at the impact of the Easter Rising on Irish history and its societal upheavals since. This book would be a good read for those who want to dive deeper into Irish history and the revolutionary ideas that emerged from the struggle for independence. It reveals the complexities of a revolutionary tradition that continues to shape modern Ireland's political and economic struggles.

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1916 - Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition

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ISBN: 9780745336374
Authors: Kieran Allen
Publisher: Pluto Press
Date of Publication: 2016-02-15
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Politics
Related Topics: Politics, History
Goodreads rating: 4.0
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The Easter Rising of 1916, in which just over a thousand Irish rebels seized key locations in Dublin and proclaimed the independence of the Irish Republic before being brutally suppressed by the vastly larger and better-equipped British Army, is an event whose meaning remains contested to this day. For some it represents a blood sacrifice without the hope—or even the intention­—of success. For others, it was the first act in a tumultuous political drama played out in Dublin streets and London cabinet rooms that led to the eventual formation of an independent Irish state. In 1916 , Kieran Allen argues that this pivotal moment in Irish history has been obscured by those who see it only as a prelude for a war of independence. Emphasizing an often ignored social and political radicalism at the heart of the rebellion, he shows that it gave birth to a revolutionary tradition that continues to haunt the Irish elite. Socialist aspirations mixed, and sometimes clashed, with the republican current, but both were crushed in a counterrevolution that accompanied the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921. The result today is a partitioned Ireland that acts as a neoliberal tax haven for multinational corporations—a state of affairs quite alien to both Connolly’s and Pearse’s vision. Published to coincide with the Rising’s centennial, 1916: Ireland’s Revolutionary Tradition re-establishes the political role of socialist republican figures, offers a highly accessible history of the Easter Rising, and explores the militancy and radicalism that continues to haunt the Irish elite one hundred years later.
 

Irish rebellion begets a nation's legacy.

"1916 - Ireland's Revolutionary Tradition" takes a closer look at the impact of the Easter Rising on Irish history and its societal upheavals since. This book would be a good read for those who want to dive deeper into Irish history and the revolutionary ideas that emerged from the struggle for independence. It reveals the complexities of a revolutionary tradition that continues to shape modern Ireland's political and economic struggles.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.