1916 Surrenders Captain H.E. De Courcy-Wheeler's eyewitness account
Findlater, Alex
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1916 Surrenders Captain H.E. De Courcy-Wheeler's eyewitness account / Alex Findlater.
Eagrán:
1st ed.
Inphrionta:
Dublin : Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, 2016.
Leathanaigh in ord:
94 p. : ills.; 24cm.
Nótaí:
Foreword / Jane O'Keeffe -- Preface -- The destruction of Sackville Street, Dublin 1916 / Crawford Hartnell -- Captain Harry de Courcy-Wheeler, the man -- The Rebellion in Ireland, Dublin, Easter Week, 1916 / H.E. de Courcy-Wheeler [pt.1 The surrenders -- pt.2 The Courts Martial -- pt.3 Life in the Curragh] -- App.1 Dorothea Findlater (Daughter of H. E. de Courcy-Wheeler) remembers her family life in the Curragh -- App.2 Surgeon Billy Wheeler and the wounded -- App.3 The Pearse surrender photograph : who is who in the photograph and who took it? -- App.4 The surrender of Commandant de Valera -- App.5 The surrender manifesto -- App.6 Findlater's and the Rising."Irishman Capt Harry de Courcy-Wheeler had the unenviable task of receiving the surrenders of his fellow countrymen, Padraig Pearse, James Connolly, Michael Mallin, Countess Markievicz and Thomas MacDonagh. His grandson, Alex Findlater has researched his grandfather's papers in the National Library and in the family archive. ...this informative book contains his original written account of the events and the photographs he took at the time, including the historic surrender of Commandant General Pearse to Brigadier General Lowe... Harry de Courcy-Wheeler was a barrister, academic, pianist, horseman, family man, poor farmer, and reluctantly caught up in a situation against his fellow countrymen whom he treated with dignity and respect" _ cover.
ISBN:
9780954074494 (pbk)
Rangúchán Dewey:
941.591
I dteanga:
English
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BRN:
1532230