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“A Terrible Beauty Is Born”

Posted on May 15, 2014 by jpkenna

General Sir John Maxwell’s decision to quash even the thought of rebellion in Ireland–by sending 16 men to the firing squad, mostly young men, among them poets and teachers–had the unintended consequence of shifting world opinion of the 1916 … Continue reading →

Posted in Easter Rebellion, history, Ireland, Irish poetry, love, writing | Tagged Cathal Brugha, Countess Markeivicz, Eamon de Valera, Eoin MacNeill, Grace Gifford Plunkett, Irish Civil War, Irish Free State, Irish Republic, Michael Collins, Robert Montieth, Roger Casement, William Butler Yeats | Leave a comment

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