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Topic: 1916 Irish Rising


  
  Irish Republican Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Physical force Irish republicanism as an ideology had a long history, from the United Irishmen of the 1798 and 1803 rebellions, to the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848 and the Irish Republican Brotherhood rebellion of 1867.
However the term Irish Republican Army in its modern sense was first used in the second decade of the 20th century for the rebel forces of the Irish Volunteers and the Irish Citizens Army during the Easter Rising.
In theory, the IRA was responsible to the Dail and was the army of the Irish Republic.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Irish_Republican_Army   (5599 words)

  
 Minstrel Boy by Thomas Moore
It is believed by many that Moore composed the song as a memorial to several of his friends he had met while a student at Trinity College and who had participated in the 1798 rebellion of the United Irishmen.
It was during these Historical Society debates that Wolfe Tone developed the ideas which led him to the leadership of the United Irishmen, and Emmet spoke of the ideas that caused him to be expelled from Trinity.
In 1798, the Irish nationalists rose against British occupation in the belief that a French invasion was imminent.
www.ogallchobhair.org /minstrelboy.htm   (1291 words)

  
 Bibliography---The Wild Geese Today
Hennessy, Maurice: The Wild Geese: The Irish Soldier in
McLaughlin, Mark: The Wild Geese: the Irish Brigades of France and Spain - Osprey Publishing Ltd. - 1980.
O'Donnell, Elliot: The Irish Abroad: A Record of the Achievements of Wanderers From Ireland - Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons, LTD - 1915
www.thewildgeese.com /pages/biblio.html   (2020 words)

  
 Library Books by "Author"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
A Record of Ireland's Commemoration of the 1916 Rising
Reilly, Cyril A. Irish Blessing, An Reilly, Cyril A. Irish Blessing, An A Photographic Interpretation
Experiences Of An Irish R. Spalding, Henry D. Lilt of the Irish, The
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