According to their Lights by Neil Richardson

According to their Lights by Neil Richardson

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History remembers the Easter Rising as Irish rebel against English soldier, but the truth is more complicated. Thousands of British Army soldiers in the Rising were Irishmen. Forty-one Irishmen in the British Army died in action, 106 were wounded. These men became a forgotten part of their country's history.

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According to their Lights by Neil Richardson

e eclectic scientist and inventor Prof. John Joly from Co. Offaly who, at fifty-eight, helped to defend Trinity College Dublin throughout the Rising. Many enlisted to fight for Irish Home Rule or Ulster Unionism, to find adventure or escape from poverty. None imagined they would find themselves on the streets of Dublin, killing – and being killed by – fellow Irishmen. Forty-one Irishmen in the British army died in action during the Rising, 106 were wounded. These men became a forgotten part of their country’s history. • Also available: 'Blackpool to the Front: A Cork Suburb and Ireland's Great War 1914–1918' by Mark Cronin and 'When the Clock Struck in 1916: Close-Quarter Combat in the Easter Rising' by Derek Molyneux & Darren Kelly

'Best book ever written about the Rising'

* The Sunday Times *

Neil Richardson, from Dublin, lives in Westmeath. His first book, A Coward If I Return, A Hero If I Fall: Stories of Irishmen in WWI, won the Argosy Irish Non-Fiction Book of the Year award in 2010, and was followed by Dark Times, Decent Men: Stories of Irishmen in WWII (2012). He lectures on military topics in Ireland and abroad and features on national radio and television. Neil is in the Reserve Defence Forces and his family has a military tradition stretching over 150 years.

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ISBN 13 9781848892149
ISBN 10 1848892144
Title According to their Lights
Author Neil Richardson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Gill
Year published 2015-09-21
Number of pages 432
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.