Easter widows / by Sinead McCoole.
Material type: TextPublication details: Dublin : Doubleday Ireland, 2014.Description: 400 pages ; 26 cmISBN:- 9781781620229 (hbk.) :
- 941.508210922 23
- DA962
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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General | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | Main | 941.5 McCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R13751F0499 |
One week in May 1916, seven Irish women became widows. When they had married their husbands they had embarked on very different lives. They married men of the establishment; one married a lecturer, two others married soldiers, another a civil servant. These women all knew each other and their lives became intertwined. For the seven women whose stories are told in 'Easter Widows', their husbands' interest in Irish culture, citizenship and rights became a fight for independence which at Easter 1916 took the form of military action against the British. These men were among the leaders who formed a provisional government of the Irish Republic and issued a proclamation of Irish Independence. But the Rising was defeated, and the leaders were arrested and hastily executed. Some of the widows broke under the strain of their experiences and this story tells of miscarriage and tragedy.
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