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The Fenians were Dreadful men
The 1867 Rising|
9,59 € |
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| Verlag: | Mercier Press |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 20.07.2024 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781781170038 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 256 |
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Beschreibungen
'The Fenians Were Terrible Men' describes: * The foundation of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the background to the Rising * The British response: the arrests of the leaders with special emphasis on those who came from Kerry * The work of Talbot and Corydon, the police spies, the latter also a Kerryman * The Rising in detail in Counties Kerry and Limerick * The Erin's Hope: the Fenian Ship which sailed to Ireland and back to America * The Clerkenwell Explosion, a Fenian rescue attempt which, in an effort to free prisoners, blew out the wall of the local jail and a great deal of the surrounding neighbourhood, killing many innocent people
Pádraig O Concubhair is a native of the Shannonside village of Ballylongford, Co. Kerry. He was an honours graduate of St. Patricks College, Drumcondra and he began his teaching career in Scoil Eanna, Ballymackney, Co. Monaghan before moving to Lenamore, Co Kerry until his retirement as principal in 2008. He is a member of the Clogher Historical Society, former President and current Vice-President of the Kerry Historical and Archaeological Society and has been interviewed many times on radio in this capacity.
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