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The LIVES Series

JAMES CONNOLLY Lorcan Collins

MICHAEL MALLIN Brian Hughes

JOSEPH PLUNKETT Honor O Brolchain

EDWARD DALY Helen Litton

SEN HEUSTON John Gibney

ROGER CASEMENT Angus Mitchell

SEN MACDIARMADA Brian Feeney

THOMAS CLARKE Helen Litton

AMONN CEANNT Mary Gallagher

THOMAS MACDONAGH Shane Kenna

WILLIE PEARSE Risn N Ghairbh

CON COLBERT John OCallaghan

JOHN MACBRIDE Donal Fallon

MICHAEL OHANRAHAN Conor Kostick

THOMAS KENT Meda Ryan

PATRICK PEARSE Run ODonnell

CONOR KOSTICK AUTHOR OF 16LIVES: MICHAEL OHANRAHAN

Conor Kostick is an award-winning historian and novelist who lives in Dublin. His other historical works include Strongbow, Revolution in Ireland and, together with Lorcan Collins, The Easter Rising A Guide to Dublin in 1916.

LORCAN COLLINS SERIES EDITOR

Lorcan Collins was born and raised in Dublin. A lifelong interest in Irish history led to the foundation of his hugely popular 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour in 1996. He co-authored The Easter Rising A Guide to Dublin in 1916 (OBrien Press, 2000) with Conor Kostick. His biography of James Connolly was published in the 16 Lives series in 2012. He is also a regular contributor to radio, television and historical journals. 16 Lives is Lorcans concept and he is co-editor of the series.

DR RUN ODONNELL SERIES EDITOR

Dr Run ODonnell is a senior lecturer at the University of Limerick. A graduate of UCD and the Australian National University, ODonnell has published extensively on Irish Republicanism. His titles include Robert Emmet and the Rising of 1803; The Impact of the 1916 Rising (editor); Special Category, The IRA in English Prisons 19681978; and The OBrien PocketHistory of the Irish Famine. He is a director of the Irish Manuscripts Commission and a frequent contributor to the national and international media on the subject of Irish revolutionary history.

Heartfelt thanks are due to Clodagh Kinsella of Carlow County Libraries; Dermot Mulligan from Carlow County Museum; Niamh McDonald of the National Archives; Freya Verstraten Veach; Pat ONeill; Valerie Bistany; Ray Bateson of the National Graves Association; Michael OHanrahan (no relation); Bride Roe; Pat Ingoldsby; Laura Ashcroft Jones for her diligent and eye-straining research among the newspapers of the day; and above all, to Michael Purcell, who was extremely generous with his time and who has a deep knowledge of Carlows local history and its sources.

184551. The Great Hunger in Ireland. One million people die and over the next decades millions more emigrate.

1858, March 17. The Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenians, are formed with the express intention of overthrowing British rule in Ireland by whatever means necessary.

1867, February and March. Fenian Uprising.

1870, May. Home Rule movement founded by Isaac Butt, who had previously campaigned for amnesty for Fenian prisoners.

187981. The Land War. Violent agrarian agitation against English landlords.

1884, November 1. The Gaelic Athletic Association founded immediately infiltrated by the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB).

1893, July 31. Gaelic League founded by Douglas Hyde and Eoin MacNeill. The Gaelic Revival, a period of Irish Nationalism, pride in the language, history, culture and sport.

1900, September.Cumann na nGaedheal (Irish Council) founded by Arthur Griffith.

190507.Cumann na nGaedheal, the Dungannon Clubs and the National Council are amalgamated to form Sinn Fin (We Ourselves).

1909, August. Countess Markievicz and Bulmer Hobson organise nationalist youths into Na Fianna ireann (Warriors of Ireland) a kind of boy scout brigade.

1912, April. Asquith introduces the Third Home Rule Bill to the British Parliament. Passed by the Commons and rejected by the Lords, the Bill would have to become law due to the Parliament Act. Home Rule expected to be introduced for Ireland by autumn 1914.

1913, January. Sir Edward Carson and James Craig set up Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) with the intention of defending Ulster against Home Rule.

1913. Jim Larkin, founder of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU) calls for a workers strike for better pay and conditions.

1913, August 31. Jim Larkin speaks at a banned rally on Sackville (OConnell) Street; Bloody Sunday.

1913, November 23. James Connolly, Jack White and Jim Larkin establish the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) in order to protect strikers.

1913, November 25. The Irish Volunteers are founded in Dublin to secure the rights and liberties common to all the people of Ireland.

1914, March 20. Resignations of British officers force British government not to use British Army to enforce Home Rule, an event known as the Curragh Mutiny.

1914, April 2. In Dublin, Agnes OFarrelly, Mary MacSwiney, Countess Constance Markievicz and others establish Cumann na mBan as a womens volunteer force dedicated to establishing Irish freedom and assisting the Irish Volunteers.

1914, April 24. A shipment of 25,000 rifles and three million rounds of ammunition is landed at Larne for the UVF.

1914, July 26. Irish Volunteers unload a shipment of 900 rifles and 45,000 rounds of ammunition shipped from Germany aboard Erskine Childers yacht, the Asgard. British troops fire on crowd on Bachelors Walk, Dublin. Three citizens are killed.

1914, August 4. Britain declares war on Germany. Home Rule for Ireland shelved for the duration of the First World War.

1914, September 9. Meeting held at Gaelic League headquarters between IRB and other extreme republicans. Initial decision made to stage an uprising while Britain is at war.

1914, September. 170,000 leave the Volunteers and form the National Volunteers or Redmondites. Only 11,000 remain as the Irish Volunteers under Eoin Mac-Neill.

1915, MaySeptember. Military Council of the IRB is formed.

1915, August 1. Pearse gives fiery oration at the funeral of Jeremiah ODonovan Rossa.

1916, January 1922. James Connolly joins the IRB Military Council, thus ensuring that the ICA shall be involved in the Rising. Rising date confirmed for Easter.

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