16 Dead Men: The Easter Rising Executions

Anne-Marie Ryan

• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Year: 2014
• ISBN:
  9781781173060
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Irish History
• Index: History

Sixteen men were executed in the aftermath of the Easter Rising in Ireland, 1916: fifteen were shot and one was hanged. Their deaths changed the course of Irish history. But who were these leaders who set in motion events that would lead to the creation of an independent Ireland? The executed leaders of the Easter Rising were a diverse group. This book contains fascinating accounts of the life stories of these men and recounts the events that brought each of them to rebellion in April 1916.

Endnotes

Introduction

1 Matthews, A., Renegades: Irish Republican Women 1900–1922 (Mercier Press, Cork, 2010), p. 336.

2 Foy, M. T. and Barton, B., The Easter Rising (The History Press, Gloucestershire, 2011), p. 294.

Patrick Pearse

1 Crowley, B., ‘“I am the son of a good father”: James and Patrick Pearse’, in Higgins, R. and Uí Chollatáin, R. (eds), The Life and After-life of P. H. Pearse (Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 2009), p. 11.

2 Pearse, P., ‘Fragment of Autobiography’, Pearse Museum, PMSTE.2003.0946.

3 Pearse, M. B., The Home Life of Padraig Pearse: As Told by Himself, His Family, His Friends (Mercier Press, Dublin and Cork, 1979), p. 11.

4 Augusteijn, J., Patrick Pearse: The Making of a Revolutionary (Palgrave Macmillan, London, 2010), p. 37.

5 Dudley Edwards, R., Patrick Pearse: The Triumph of Failure (Faber & Faber, London, 1977), p. 26.

6 Pearse, P., ‘Education in the West of Ireland’, quoted in Ó Buachalla, S. (ed.), A Significant Irish Educationalist: The Educational Writings of P. H. Pearse (Mercier Press, Dublin and Cork, 1980), pp. 313–14.

7 Reddin, K., ‘A Man Called Pearse’, Studies, vol. 34, no. 134, 1945, pp. 244–5.

8 Ryan, D., Remembering Sion: A Chronicle of Storm and Quiet (Arthur Barker, London, 1934), p. 126.

9 Pearse, P., ‘The Coming Revolution’, An Claidheamh Soluis, 8 November 1913.

10 FitzGerald, D., Desmond’s Rising: Memoirs 1913 to Easter 1916 (Liberties Press, Dublin, 2006), pp. 135, 139.

11 Sinn Féin Rebellion Handbook (The Weekly Irish Times, Dublin, 1917), p. 50.

12 Bureau of Military History (BMH) WS 249, Frank Henderson, p. 54.

13 Mac Lochlainn, P. F., Last Words: Letters and Statements of the Leaders Executed after the Rising at Easter 1916 (Government of Ireland, Dublin, 2005), p. 14.

14 Barton, B., The S...

Table of contents

• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Patrick Pearse
• Thomas Clarke
• Thomas MacDonagh
• Edward Daly
• William Pearse
• Michael O’Hanrahan
• Joseph Plunkett
• John MacBride
• Seán Heuston
• Michael Mallin
• Éamonn Ceannt
• Con Colbert
• Thomas Kent
• Seán Mac Diarmada
• James Connolly
• Roger Casement
• Endnotes
• Bibliography
• About the Author
• About the Publisher