Insurrection (O'Flaherty novel) facts for kids
First US edition
(publ. Little, Brown, 1951) |
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| Author | Liam O'Flaherty |
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| Subject | Easter Rising |
| Set in | Dublin |
| Published | 1950 |
Insurrection is a 1950 novel by the Irish novelist Liam O'Flaherty. The story takes place during the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916.
Plot
The novel follows a diverse group of characters who are caught up in the events of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin. The group are dispatched to defend the main road from Dublin to Dún Laoghaire (Dublin's main port) from the expected arrival of British reinforcements. The novel explores each man's motivations, fears and hopes through the battles and violence which ensue. The principal characters are: The uneducated, slow-witted Bartly Madden; Kinsella, the disciplined commander of a small band of insurgents; Stapleton, an anarchist and would-be poet; and Tommy Colgan, a youth consumed by fear and self-doubt.
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