The Easter Rising : a guide to Dublin in 1916 / Conor Kostick, Lorcan Collins

A vivid and entertaining guide to the events and locations of the Easter 1916 Rising.

Defying all the odds 1600 men, women and children went out on 24 April, Easter Monday, 1916 to fight for an independent Ireland. The battle raged for six days and resulted in the destruction of many parts of Dublin city.

The bloody executions of the leaders by the British after the Rising awakened a generation to the cause of Irish freedom.

Vividly illustrated, this book takes you through the battle-torn streets of Dublin. Hear the sounds, smell the gunpowser and meet the main players, as the complexities of this dramatic episode in Irish history are explained in an accessible and concise fashion.

Conor Kostick is a writer and historian living in Dublin. As a novelist he 'was awarded the 'Farmleigh 'writer's residency for the summer of 2010 'and a place on the nominees list for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2012 and 2013. 'At their 2009 awards, the Reading Association of Ireland gave him the Special Merit Award in recognition of his significant contribution to writing for children in Ireland'.

As an historian, Conor Kostick holds a PhD and a gold medal from Trinity College Dublin. He won 'first prize in the 2001 Dublinia Medieval Essay Competition, and has held fellowships from the Irish Research Council and the University of Nottingham. In 2013, he was awarded a Marie Curie research grant from the EU.

Conor was twice chairperson of the Irish Writers' Union.

Lorcan Collins co-author, with Conor Kostick, of The Easter Rising: A Guide to Dublin in 1916; founder of the 1916 Walking Tour of Dublin; lectures on Easter 1916 in the United States, and a regular contributor to radio, television and historical journals. 16 Lives is Lorcan's concept and he is the author of the first book in the series, a biography of James Connolly.