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Éamonn Ceannt /

By: Gallagher, Mary.
Series: 16 Lives series: Publisher: Dublin : O'Brien Press Ltd, 2014Description: 400 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1847172717; 9781847172716:; 9781847172716.Subject(s): Ceannt, Éamonn, 1881-1916 | Revolutionaries -- Ireland -- Biographies | Ceannt, Éamonn, 1881-1916 | Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916 | Ireland -- History -- Easter Rising, 1916DDC classification: 941.50821092
Contents:
1881-1889 : a constabulary childhood -- 1900-1905 : a busy and enquiring mind -- 1906-1908 : finding his public voice -- 1909-1911 : an active activist -- 1912-1913 : never a Home Ruler -- 1914-1915 : a true Irish volunteer -- January-April 1916 : preparing for the Rising -- Easter week, 24-30 April 1916 : the South Dublin Union -- May 1916 : trial and retribution -- Aftermath -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Eamonn Ceannt was one of the founding members of the Irish Volunteers. His unit saw intense fighting during the Rising, but surrendered when ordered to do so by his superior officer Patrick Pearse. Ceannt was held in Kilmainham Gaol until his execution by firing squad on 8 May 1916, aged 34.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 941.50821092 GAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0091930
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Includes bibliographic references and index.

1881-1889 : a constabulary childhood -- 1900-1905 : a busy and enquiring mind -- 1906-1908 : finding his public voice -- 1909-1911 : an active activist -- 1912-1913 : never a Home Ruler -- 1914-1915 : a true Irish volunteer -- January-April 1916 : preparing for the Rising -- Easter week, 24-30 April 1916 : the South Dublin Union -- May 1916 : trial and retribution -- Aftermath -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Eamonn Ceannt was one of the founding members of the Irish Volunteers. His unit saw intense fighting during the Rising, but surrendered when ordered to do so by his superior officer Patrick Pearse. Ceannt was held in Kilmainham Gaol until his execution by firing squad on 8 May 1916, aged 34.

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