Monday, March 28, 2016

Colm Tóibín, Anne Enright, Roddy Doyle ... the Easter Rising 100 years on

A grandfather with a rifle under the floorboards, a granny whose hero was Patrick Pearse and playing ‘Insurrection’ in the playground – Irish writers reflect on what the 1916 rebellion has meant for them and their country. 

Irish rebels during the Easter Rising in 1916
Irish rebels during the Easter Rising in 1916. Photograph: Mondadori via Getty Images

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