1916: The Rising Handbook

Lorcan Collins is founder of the 1916 Walking Tour of Dublin and, with Conor Kostick, wrote The Easter Rising: A Guide to Dublin in 1916. He lectures on Easter 1916 in the United States, and is a regular contributor to radio, television and historical journals. Lorcan conceived the 16 Lives series and wrote the first book in the series, a biography of James Connolly. His other books include 1916: The Rising Handbook and Ireland’s War of Independence 1919-21 - The IRA’s Guerrilla Campaign. Lorcan is host of the Revolutionary Ireland podcast.

• DRAFT CHAPTER OUTLINESection One                TimelineSection Two                Documents and NewspapersSection Three              WeaponsSection Four                The Sea and the Easter RisingSection Five                OrganisationsSection Six                  Flags, banners and uniformsCentre Section            Images of documentsSection Seven             Women and the Easter RisingSection Eight              Positions Occupied & Garrison StrengthsSection Nine               Casualties and DestructionSection Ten                 Roll of HonourSection Eleven            Outside of DublinSection Twelve           MiscellaneousIndex

fascinating … useful … remarkable … a most useful book to keep to hand when reading others books on the Rising and the subsequent War of Independence as it contains most of the information that one may wish to quickly refer to