The road to 1916 ran through Cork. This book follows the Fenians from the Famine childhood of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa in Rosscarbery to the day his funeral lit the fuse for the Rising. You will read about the secret Brotherhood, the 1865 arrests, the rising of 1867, the Manchester Martyrs, and the dynamite campaign Rossa ran from exile in New York. Twelve chapters end at Glasnevin in 1915, with Patrick Pearse's graveside oration. Illustrated, with a guide to the Cork Fenian sites. Digital download (PDF).
The road to 1916 ran through Cork. This book follows the Fenians from the Famine childhood of Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa in Rosscarbery to the day his funeral lit the fuse for the Rising. You will read about the secret Brotherhood, the 1865 arrests, the rising of 1867, the Manchester Martyrs, and the dynamite campaign Rossa ran from exile in New York. Twelve chapters end at Glasnevin in 1915, with Patrick Pearse's graveside oration. Illustrated, with a guide to the Cork Fenian sites. Digital download (PDF).
