Since it's Easter weekend, here's a collection of documents marking previous anniversaries of the 1916 #EasterRising.
For the centenary of 1916, this collection highlights documents dating from previous anniversaries of the 1916 Rising, giving a view of how 1916 was assessed and commemorated from different perspectives throughout the 20th Century.
Published #OnThisDay 28th March 1991:
"Call of 1916 – Challenge of Today!"
An Phoblacht Republican News, newspaper of Sinn Féin, on the 75th anniversary of the 1916 Rising.
https://www.leftarchive.ie/document/332/
#Ireland #History #Politics #1916Rising #SinnFéin #AnPhoblacht #RepublicanNews
Just gals bein' pals.
"Eva Gore Booth and Esther Roper lived together for most of their adult lives. They were activists together and wrote and worked alongside each other.
"They are buried together in a single grave under a quotation from Sappho."
(h/t @marymcauliffe)
#RadicalHearts #1916Rising #Ireland #MastoDaoine #AntiColonialism #Decolonisation #Independence
Patrick Pearse, poet, writer, founder of Scoil Eanna (St Enda’s) in 1908 and commander-in-chief of the forces of the Irish Republic during the Easter Rising, was executed in Kilmainham Jail, #OTD 1916.
#DIB https://www.dib.ie/biography/pearse-patrick-henry-a7247
This Man Had Kept A School – Pearse’s educational philosophy: https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2015/11/10/pearse-education/
A right to rebel (including Pearse's take on rebellion) https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2016/03/27/right-to-rebel/
#pearse #education #rebellion #1916Rising #IrishPhilosophyOTD
107 years ago #OnThisDay a small group of men and women struck a blow for #Irish freedom. They set a conflict in train that resulted in a measure of independence for #Ireland. The country is not perfect, but it is certainly one we are proud of
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