Last Words: Letters and Statements of the Leaders Executed After the Rising at Easter 1916

First Edition. First Edition. Last Words: Letters and Statements of the Leaders Executed After the Rising at Easter 1916 brings together the final letters, statements and other writings of the Irish republican leaders executed following the Easter Rising of 1916. These deeply personal documents reveal their thoughts on Ireland, independence, religion, family, comradeship and the events that led to their deaths. Together they provide a poignant first-hand perspective on the Rising and its aftermath, giving a human dimension to one of the defining events in modern Irish history. An important historical source for readers interested in the Easter Rising and the struggle for Irish independence. First Edition.