Download or read book The Rising written by Fearghal McGarry and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Easter 1916 from the perspective of those who made it, focusing on the experiences of rank and file revolutionaries. Fearghal McGarry makes use of a unique source that has only recently seen the light of day - a collection of over 1,700 eye-witness statements detailing the political activities of members of Sinn Féin and militant groups such as the Irish Republican Brotherhood. This collection represents one of the richest and mostcomprehensive oral history archives devoted to any modern revolution, providing new insights on almost every aspect of this seminal period.