Onehundredyearsago,duringEasterWeek,1916,rebelIrishleadersandtheirfollowersstagedanarmeduprisinginthecityofDublininanattempttooverthrowBritishruleandcreateanautonomousIrishrepublic.Oneweeklater,theirrebellionruthlesslyquashedbyBritishforces,thesurvivinginsurgentswerejailedandmanyoftheirleadersquicklyexecuted.Thoughtheirrebellionhadfailed,theiractionsgalvanizedagrowingpopulationofsympathizerswhowould,inyearstocome,succeedinestablishinganindependentIrishstate.Documentarywriter,producer,andscholarBr穩onaNicDhiarmadahasseizedtheoccasionofthecentenaryoftheIrishRisingtoreassessthiseventanditshistoricalsignificance.HerbookexploresthecrucialroleofIrishAmericansinboththelead-uptoandtheaftermathoftheeventsinDublinandplacestheIrishRisinginitsEuropeanandglobalcontext,asanexpressionoftheanti-colonialismthatfounditsfullvoiceinthewakeoftheFirstWorldWar.The1916IrishRebellionincludesahistoricalnarrative;alavishspreadofcontemporaryimagesandphotographs;andarichselectionofsidebarquotationsfromcontemporarydocuments,prisoners’statements,andothereyewitnessaccountstocapturetheexperiencesofnationalistsandunionists,IrishrebelsandBritishsoldiers,andIrishAmericansduringtheturbulenteventsofEasterWeek,1916.The1916IrishRebellionisthecompanionbooktoathree-partdocumentaryseriestobebroadcastworldwidein2016,narratedbyLiamNeeson.
