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James Connolly

James Connolly

My Search for the Man, the Myth and His Legacy

by Sean O'Callaghan
Hardback
Publication Date: 15/11/2015

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Easter Monday, April 24, 1916: James Connolly, a 48-year-old Edinburgh-born Marxist and former British soldier, stands at the top of the steps of Liberty Hall, Dublin. 'We are going out to be slaughtered, ' Connolly told his comrades, and with this he set in train the Easter Rising of 1916, an armed struggle that would end with his execution in Kilmainham Gaol two weeks later. In a scene that has haunted Nationalist Ireland ever since, he was carried to his place of execution having been badly wounded. Placed on a chair, he was shot dead by soldiers of the army he had once served in. This is not a traditional biography about the man and the myth that was James Connolly. Neither is it a book about 20th century Irish history, though it can be read as both. It is a book about O'Callaghan's relationship with a man who was to deeply influence his formative years; it is about the politics of violent extremism that O'Callaghan subsequently became caught up in; and it's about the kind of individuals who are willing to sacrifice everything, including their lives, for a holy cause. Today across the world there is no shortage of what O'Callaghan has come to call "True Believers: " young men and women who, brought up in the heart of Western society, are eager to fight and die for an ideal that will fill the spiritual and political void they see around them. Never has a book been more timely.
ISBN:
9781780894348
9781780894348
Category:
Biography: historical
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
15-11-2015
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
240x162x31mm
Weight:
0.57kg
Sean O'Callaghan

Sean O'Callaghan is the freelance journalist and events organizer behind Fat Gay Vegan. He is based in the UK and Mexico, and has been the face of the award-winning Fat Gay Vegan blog since 2010.

He has built up a huge following blogging about vegan dining across the UK and beyond from an ethical, not a "health trend" standpoint. He promotes vegan food pop-ups, cafes, restaurants and ventures across the UK, has written for the LA Times (2016) and has a regular column in Vegan Life magazine.

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