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1916 Easter Rising
This is the last in a series of seven blog posts highlighting and summarizing important events in Irish history, and Burns Library resources which aid in further study of the topic. Burns Library holds many Irish history resources and is … Continue reading
Posted in Archives & Manuscripts, Irish Studies
Tagged 1916 Rising, easter rising, History, Ireland, irish history, irish history series, photographs
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New Acquisition: “Easter Week 1916” manuscript account by Margaret Skinnider
“I arrived in Dublin on Holy Thursday…” Although we are often excited about material the Burns Library acquires, we usually wait to tell potential researchers about our new collections until we’ve done our work: stabilizing and preserving through conservation and … Continue reading
“A Terrible Beauty is Born”: The Easter Rising
The Easter Rising, the armed rebellion pitting the nationalist Irish Volunteers against the British military in the city streets of Dublin from 24 April – 30 April 1916, can rarely be discussed in public discourse without reference to W.B. Yeats’s … Continue reading
Posted in Fine Press, Irish Studies
Tagged 1916, boston college burns blog, brian and june leeming, burns blog boston college, burns library blog, burns library blog boston college, easter, easter 1916, easter rising, ezra pound, irish history, irish literature, national poetry month, poetry, w. b. yeats, william butler yeats
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