I'm proud of my Ancestors both great grandfather and great uncle fought for Irish freedom in 1916 and after in the War for Independence. ERIN GO BRAGH (IRELAND FOREVER)
This magnificent three-part documentary was broadcast in America, over the course of a few weeks span, in March & April, starting on the week of Easter Monday, fittingly enough, on one of the PBS channels, with one episode shown per week. It is an epical story in history, about a nation striving for its liberation, and overcoming tremendous obstacles in doing so. Cheers to the spirit of '16! A toast to the great Irish Republic!
Nicolas !!! be sure to read and learn about Irish history! The Irish unlike any other nation today negotiated and gave up what they wanted! imagine that happening any where else! The truth is The Irish people did not want blood shed and unlike countries all over this world they started to fight back but did not have the heart for it! IRA compared to British death toll in Ireland is miniscule... so proud of the Irish !
By the way, to all Ireland enthusiasts: the Sundance TV channel is going to broadcast a miniseries, called "Rebellion", in three parts from Sunday thru Tuesday during prime time, beginning April 24th; which will be a dramatization of the Irish revolt against Britain, in the 1910's. It'll be shown on the calendrical anniversary week, of the Centenary of the Easter Uprising of 1916.
I loved the program just have to know who and what is that song that they play at the end of the program sounds like she is using one of those microphones to keep you on key but is natural breathtaking
The 1916 Irish Rebellion by Bríona Nic Dhiarmada has today - 8th Jan 2016 - been sent to the printers and will be available as the companion book to the three-part RTE documentary series on 1916 narrated by Liam Neeson which will be a centre piece of RTE's centenary coverage of the Rising and will be broadcast in March 2016. In the first part of the book, Nic Dhiarmada surveys Ireland’s place as part of the British Empire in the decades leading up to 1916, with special emphasis on earlier Irish movements to achieve independence or at least some measure of self-governance. She then outlines the events leading to the Easter Rebellion of 1916, including the crucial events of Thursday through Saturday prior to Easter. The second part details the events of the Easter Rising and the week of violent fighting, ending in the failure of the armed insurrection in Dublin. Her third part discusses the fate of the leaders of the Rising, many of whom were immediately court-martialled and executed. Bríona Nic Dhiarmada is the Thomas J. & Kathleen M. O’Donnell Professor of Irish Studies and concurrent professor of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. Professor Nic Dhiarmada is originator, writer, and producer of the multipart documentary series on the Easter Rising of 1916. There is a 20% discount to newsletter subscribers You can order at: bit.ly/1M4wwFt Stage 1: In the coupon code box insert: news then click apply List price €29.95; Newsletter subscribers price €23.96 Regards Mike Mike Collins Publications Director Cork University Press
What isn't mentioned is that the `only' reason Irishmen joined the British army was for 2 reasons, one was because they feared Germany winning the war and Ireland under being German rule, hence the rebel slogan, "We Serve Neither King nor Kaiser". The other reason was because Britain promised Home Rule if Ireland helped them defeat Germany during WWI. The reason the 1916 Easter Rising happened was because the Brits reneged on that promise while 200,000 Irishmen who could have stayed at home and fought the British were killed in the trenches.
Hi, I'm confused, there seem to be 2 versions of this series. One has a runtime of 85mins by BBC (BBC Four - 1916: The Irish Rebellion) The other has 3 Episodes each with a runtime of 50+ mins Which should I watch??
yes I agree ....I think I worry that it limits conversation about who they were! but regret writing it now. My relatives would be described as rebels and I want to say so much more about these ordinary men and women who got together to fight... not an army in traditional sense. I think your right and will reflect on my reaction to term rebel!
+Seán Mc Ternan www.irishcentral.com/culture/entertainment/Liam-Neeson-narrated-1916-Easter-Rising-series-to-reach-record-number-of-US-stations-VIDEO.html
+Seán Mc Ternan It is being premiered in NCH in Dublin on 16th March and will be shown on RTE shortly after. It will be first shown in the US at the start of March.
+wesley smith Your local PBS station may have picked up the documentary to air. A nationwide list of air dates will be available on March 1 on 1916.nd.edu.
I am currently watching Part I of this series on PBS World, and as this was produced by the University of Notre Dame, I was speechless to see them misquote the Declaration of Independence, intentionally leaving out "by their Creator" from the quote. WTH? Distorting history to deny God. Tragic.
This moved me to tears but what would these exceptional men and women think of the way the Soveriegn Irish People have been treated by the subsequent governments, especially since Ireland joined the EU and has been ruled from Brussells,our Financial Sovriegnty sold out from under us? Did they fight and die for Ireland to be ruled by yet another foriegn, hostile power? I used to love Liam Neeson as well,but now he wants unborn Irish babies to be vulnerable to being murdered in their mother's wombs and appears to be pro-Islamisation- I don't think he deserves to be the narrator of this otherwise excellent work!
Honestly this doesn't look that good. It looks like a documentary from 1992 on public television. I'll probably watch it 9 times because up the Irish but cmon folks it looks like the kind of documentary I watched in school in a history class where the teacher was more concerned about golf then teaching. And if the trailer is a reflection of how in depth the historical analysis is, ugh..... We have a bunch of amazing examples now in modern media of how to tell history in a more entertaining but realistic way.
