Anne-Marie Ryan has worked as an archivist and researcher at Kilmainham Gaol Museum and the Pearse Museum. Originally from Waterford, she studied English and History in TCD and completed a Masters in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. She is currently working as a secondary school teacher of History and English.

'Written in a simple and accessible style, with human interest stories that brought out the essence of each of the personalities'

• ContentsAbbreviations 9Acknowledgements 10Introduction 11Patrick Pearse 23Thomas Clarke 41Thomas MacDonagh 57Edward Daly 72William Pearse 82Michael O’Hanrahan 96Joseph Plunkett 106John MacBride 120Seán Heuston 131Michael Mallin 143Éamonn Ceannt 155Con Colbert 170Thomas Kent 181Seán Mac Diarmada 188James Connolly 202Roger Casement 219Endnotes 231Bibliography 245Index 250

Anne-Marie Ryan has worked as an archivist and researcher at Kilmainham Gaol Museum and the Pearse Museum. Originally from Waterford, she studied English and History in TCD and completed a Masters in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. She is currently working as a secondary school teacher of History and English.

'Written in a simple and accessible style, with human interest stories that brought out the essence of each of the personalities'

• ContentsAbbreviations 9Acknowledgements 10Introduction 11Patrick Pearse 23Thomas Clarke 41Thomas MacDonagh 57Edward Daly 72William Pearse 82Michael O’Hanrahan 96Joseph Plunkett 106John MacBride 120Seán Heuston 131Michael Mallin 143Éamonn Ceannt 155Con Colbert 170Thomas Kent 181Seán Mac Diarmada 188James Connolly 202Roger Casement 219Endnotes 231Bibliography 245Index 250

Anne-Marie Ryan has worked as an archivist and researcher at Kilmainham Gaol Museum and the Pearse Museum. Originally from Waterford, she studied English and History in TCD and completed a Masters in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester. She is currently working as a secondary school teacher of History and English.

'Written in a simple and accessible style, with human interest stories that brought out the essence of each of the personalities'

• ContentsAbbreviations 9Acknowledgements 10Introduction 11Patrick Pearse 23Thomas Clarke 41Thomas MacDonagh 57Edward Daly 72William Pearse 82Michael O’Hanrahan 96Joseph Plunkett 106John MacBride 120Seán Heuston 131Michael Mallin 143Éamonn Ceannt 155Con Colbert 170Thomas Kent 181Seán Mac Diarmada 188James Connolly 202Roger Casement 219Endnotes 231Bibliography 245Index 250