Those of Us Who Must Die: Execution, Exile and Revival After the Easter Rising

by Derek Molyneux, Darren Kelly

Overview

The immediate aftermath of Ireland's Easter Rising is often overlooked, often covered as a footnote. Not so in this book: picking up where the authors' acclaimed When the Clock Struck in 1916 left off, we join the participants of the Rising in the abyss

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848893252
Publisher:	Gill Books
Publication date:	02/20/2018
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.00(d)

Table of Contents

Map of west Dublin in 1916 vi

Introduction 1

Prologue 8

1 The First Prisoners - Richmond Barracks and Kilmainham Gaol 11

2 The Prisoner Selections Begin in Richmond Barracks 27

3 Round-ups, More Selections and Civilian Backlash 38

4 The Deportations Begin 53

5 The Military Prepare to Make Their Next Move 70

6 The First Courts Martial and the Second Deportations 84

7 The First Executions in Kilmainham Goal 100

8 Courts Martial in Richmond Barracks Gather Steam 118

9 An Unexpected Wedding, and Four More Firing Squads 131

10 Courts Martial Continue and Another Volley at Dawn in Kilmainham 153

11 Changing Sentiment in Dublin and Further Deportations 165

12 Four More Are Shpt 181

13 The Endgame Approaches 196

14 The Final Executions and an Unexpected Visitor to Richmond Barracks 211

15 Internment 226

16 Triumphant Return to Dublin 243

17 Hunger Strikes and a Movement Reborn 255

Epilogue 271

Notes 274

Sources 285

Acknowledgements 296

Index 298