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Book review: 1916: A Global History

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Book review: 1916: A Global History
THE Easter Rebellion is normally considered a catalyst in changing the course of Irish history, but 1916 was a year of profound change throughout the world. 
British used diaries to sully Roger Casement’s name

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British used diaries to sully Roger Casement’s name
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The role of the press in the Easter Rising: ‘Leniency will be taken as an indication of weakness’
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European war’s temporary freeze on trouble in Ireland
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IN his letter headlined ‘Home Rule was law, so who needed the Rising’ (Irish Examiner, April 11), Maurice O’Connell gives an unfair portrayal of events from 1914 when he questions the moral justification of the Rising.

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