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Easter Rising, Part I: Origins

4/9/2016

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PictureFirst page from Easter, 1916 by W. B. Yeats, PR 5904 .E327 1916 Leeming, John J. Burns Library, Boston College.)
For the centennial of the Easter Rising, Christine and Elizabeth look back to the mythology and reality behind the movement. ​

​Podcasters: Christine and Elizabeth

Further Reading

David G. Boyce, The Irish question and British politics, 1868-1986, Macmillan Education,(1988). 

​David G. Boyce and Alan O'Day, editors. The Making of the Modern Irish History: Revisionism and Revisionist Controversy, Routledge, (1996).

Fearghal McGarry. The Rising: Ireland: Easter 1916. Oxford University Press, (2010).

Related Content

Easter Rising, Part II: Aftermath

​Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)
5 Comments
Will
4/10/2016 11:14:36 pm

"Cuchulain.... Died defending Ireland from invaders." NO! Cuchulain (if he existed) died fighting IRISH enemies. Clearly "you need to know the old legends, and Mr. Yeats' plays about them."

You also followed Casement's retirement from the CONSULAR service, by saying what I heard as "he served the British COUNCIL"', which is a cultural organization. This blunder never fails to grate on me.

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Elizabeth
4/11/2016 07:46:05 am

Hi Will, thanks for your feedback!

First, in my script I do have "that Casement retired from the British Consular service" but as I work on medieval Church councils, it is possible that I did not enunciate this term clearly in the podcast.

As for the legends around the death of Cuchulain, it certainly wouldn't be a burden to revisit the them.

Best,
Elizabeth

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Will
4/10/2016 11:24:15 pm

That is, the British consul in town will probably help if you want to contact the British Council, but he does not work for them.

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Dia
6/23/2016 10:15:37 am

Hi, I do love your podcast and all the different researchers/readers, including you ladies. However, I found this episode to be fairly anecdote heavy. Personally, I wasn't a huge fan of this as I felt it to be quite distracting from learning a little sumthin-sumthin about Easter Rising. Other than that, I really do enjoy y'all's hard work! Thank you.

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Elizabeth
6/23/2016 10:24:04 am

Hi Dia,

I appreciate your honest feedback! I'm sorry that the anecdotal nature of this one detracted from your listening pleasure - I take full blame as I scripted this episode!

Thanks for being a great listener!

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