Marking the 90th anniversary of the Irish rebellion, this book takes an account of what really happened in Dublin during Easter, in 1916. It also attempts to an... » 

Marking the 90th anniversary of the Irish rebellion, this book takes an account of what really happened in Dublin during Easter, in 1916. It also attempts to answer such questions as: what did the rebels actually hope to achieve? What did the British think they were doing? And, how were the events interpreted by ordinary people across Ireland? «