Pearse’s skill as an orator is indisputable. His fiery idealism was one of the key motivators that brought the rebels to the GPO in 1916. This collection of his wrting showcase’s this skill, but also the complex philosophy that underpinned it.
Ranging from his theories of education articulated in ‘The Murder Machine’ (1912), through his orations on the great Fenian leaders of the past: Wolfe Tone, Emmet and O’Donovan Rossa; to his writings on ‘The Separtatist Idea’, ‘The Spiritual Nation’ and ‘The Sovereign People’ in the months leading up to the rising; this is a crucial collection for the library of anyone with an interest in Irish history.
About the author
Gabriel Doherty teaches in the Department of History, University College Cork. He received his BA in Modern History from Oxford University, having studied at Magdalen College between 1986 and 1989.
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