Conor Kostick, Lorcan Collins

The Easter Rising

A Guide to Dublin in 1916

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Produktbeschreibung

Defying all the odds 1600 men, women and children went out on 24 April, Easter Monday, 1916 to fight for an independent Ireland. Vividly illustrated, this book takes you through the battle-torn streets of Dublin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: O'Brien Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. April 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 129mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 224g
• ISBN-13: 9780862786380
• ISBN-10: 086278638X
• Artikelnr.: 21400032

Autorenporträt

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.