{"product_id":"1916-one-hundred-years-of-irish-independence-hardcover","title":"1916: One Hundred Years of Irish Independence - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Pat Coogan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's \u003ci\u003ebefore \u003c\/i\u003e1916 and then there's \u003ci\u003eafter\u003c\/i\u003e. Between them lies the Easter Rising, when Irish republicans took up arms against British rule and changed the course of their country's history forever. For though the resistance failed, it failed gloriously; the rebels were no longer a group of cranks and troublemakers in the public eye, but martyrs and national heroes, their example set the way for others and their mission lived on through the century to come. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut what sort of country did the Rising create? And how does post-1916 Ireland compare with the aspirations of the rebellion's leaders, the hopes of Thomas MacDonagh and John MacBride, of James Connolly and Patrick Pearse? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne hundred years later, Tim Pat Coogan offers a personal perspective on the Irish experience that followed the Rising. He charts a flawed history that is marked as much by complacency, corruption, and institutional abuse as it is by the building of a nation and the sacrifices of the Republic's founding fathers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTIM PAT COOGAN is Ireland's best-known historical writer. His 1990 biography of Michael Collins rekindled widespread interest in the revolutionary era and he is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe IRA, Long Fellow, Long Shadow, Wherever Green is Worn, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Famine Plot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.1 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52690876203341,"sku":"9781250110596","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/NzNyZ0wwN0RFU0d6Z2N1US9FWHJ6dz09.webp?v=1762003228","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/1916-one-hundred-years-of-irish-independence-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}