The Abbey Rebels of 1916 - A Lost Revolution - Fearghal McGarry

The Abbey Theatre played a leading role in the politicisation of the revolutionary generation that won Irish freedom, but comparatively little is known about the men and women who formed the lifeblood of the institution: those whose radical politics drove them to fight in the 1916 Rising.

Drawing on a huge range of previously unpublished material , The Abbey Rebels of 1916 explores the experiences, hopes and dreams of these remarkable but largely forgotten individuals