To Be A Rebel

The Easter Rising | 1 | Colonialism Yields Resistance

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This is the first in our three-part series on The Easter Rising Rebellion. This episode will focus on the causes of the rebellion including Ireland's relationship with Britain and Ireland's own civil strifes including Unionists vs. Republicans & Catholics vs. Protestants.


Below are the resources used for producing this series along with suggestions for further reading. Community and partner notes are listed as well, which we hope you'll explore knowing that doing so helps support us.

Sources used:

  • 1916: One Hundred Years of Irish Independence: From the Easter Rising to the Present by Tim Pat Coogan (book, 2015)
  • The Men That God Made Mad: A Novel of Ireland's Easter Rising by W.A. Ballinger (book, 1969)
  • A History of the Easter Rising in 10 Objects (Podcast Series)
  • The History of the Great War (Podcast; 3 part series on the Easter Rising)

    • Resources for further learning:

    • Ireland's Allies: America and the 1916 Easter Rising by Miriam Nyhan Grey (book, 2016)


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