Dublin 1916
Subtitle: the siege of the GPO
By: Clair Wills
Series: Profiles in history; Profiles in history (London, England)
Publisher: Profile
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781846680533
Subjects: Dublin General Post Office; General Post Office (Dublin, Ireland); Dublin; Osteraufstand; History
Other titles: Dublin nineteen sixteen; Siege of the GPO
Description: Taken over by the Irish Volunteers on Easter Monday 1916 and held for nearly a week, the rebels finally surrendered the GPO to the Crown forces after heavy gun bombardment, and the ensuing conflagration reduced it to an empty shell and destroyed much of the center of the city. Clair Wills' fascinating book also explores the twists and turns that the myth of the GPO has undergone in the last century. It has stood for sacrifice and treachery, national unity and divisive violence, for the future and the past.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: in the name of God and of the dead generations; title: Occupation; title: Destruction; title: Reconstruction; title: Commemoration; title: What stalked through the Post Office?; title: Conclusion: the front room of the nation.