“What Did the Easter Rising Really Change?”
The Easter Rising was confined to the city limits of Dublin and lasted less than a week, yet historians consider it a critical event in Ireland’s history and its relationship with Great Britain. As part of the Turning Points in Twentieth Century Ireland Lecture Series, Peter Hart of Newfoundland’s Memorial University takes a fresh look at where the Easter Rising “fits into that period of Irish history and what it really meant in terms of everything else that was going on.” Hart has authored several books about Irish history and leaders including The IRA and Its Enemies (Oxford, 1988), which won the Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize.
Presenter(s): Peter Hart, Memorial University, Newfoundland, Canada
Date: November 20, 2006
Location: Connolly House
Sponsor(s): Irish Studies Program
URL: http://frontrow.bc.edu/program/hart/
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