Easter Rising; 100 years ago this month. - 04/04/16
http://www.history.com/topics/british-history/easter-rising
In the past year I have started to try and figure out Irish history. Currently wading through three books. Fascinating stuff but I must admit the names run together and I have not digested it in detail like I would like to.
The Easter Rising was 100 yeas ago this month. It was a tactical failure but a strategic success. The fighters who were not shot or hung went to "war-college" in the Brit prisons, where they compared notes and solidified their resolve for Irish freedom; most notably Collins.
They say this guy was the genius behind the whole effort:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/easterrising/profiles/po07.shtml
Arthur Griffith
1872-1922
At the end of the Treaty negotiations, one of the British delegates commented: "A braver man than Arthur Griffith, I never met". Born without influence, and given little formal education, he became one of the founding fathers of the Irish Free State.
Arthur Griffith
Griffith was born in Dublin and was a printer by trade. He developed a passionate interest in Irish history and culture and became active in the Gaelic League. A gifted and influential journalist, he was made editor of several radical newspapers. He had been an admirer of Parnell but after 1891 he developed a growing contempt for the Irish Parliamentary Party and sought to map out an alternative strategy for Ireland. He rejected the use of force. Influenced by the experience of dissidents in Hungary, he argued in 1904 that Irish MPs should withdraw from Westminster and set up an assembly at home. It was his belief that the Irish electorate would support this policy and in time the British government would be compelled to support it too. Ireland would thus become a self-governing state and equal partner with Britain under the Crown. Drawing on the German economist Friedrich List, Griffith also suggested that Ireland could develop a balanced national economy, mainly through imposing high tariffs on British industrial imports. These two elements were central to the programme of the Sinn Féin party which he helped set up in 1905. It attracted little popular support but had disproportionate influence largely because of Griffith`s propaganda skills.
In the past year I have started to try and figure out Irish history. Currently wading through three books. Fascinating stuff but I must admit the names run together and I have not digested it in detail like I would like to.
The Easter Rising was 100 yeas ago this month. It was a tactical failure but a strategic success. The fighters who were not shot or hung went to "war-college" in the Brit prisons, where they compared notes and solidified their resolve for Irish freedom; most notably Collins.
They say this guy was the genius behind the whole effort:
http:/
Arthur Griffith
1872-1922
At the end of the Treaty negotiations, one of the British delegates commented: "A braver man than Arthur Griffith, I never met". Born without influence, and given little formal education, he became one of the founding fathers of the Irish Free State.
Arthur Griffith
Griffith was born in Dublin and was a printer by trade. He developed a passionate interest in Irish history and culture and became active in the Gaelic League. A gifted and influential journalist, he was made editor of several radical newspapers. He had been an admirer of Parnell but after 1891 he developed a growing contempt for the Irish Parliamentary Party and sought to map out an alternative strategy for Ireland. He rejected the use of force. Influenced by the experience of dissidents in Hungary, he argued in 1904 that Irish MPs should withdraw from Westminster and set up an assembly at home. It was his belief that the Irish electorate would support this policy and in time the British government would be compelled to support it too. Ireland would thus become a self-governing state and equal partner with Britain under the Crown. Drawing on the German economist Friedrich List, Griffith also suggested that Ireland could develop a balanced national economy, mainly through imposing high tariffs on British industrial imports. These two elements were central to the programme of the Sinn Féin party which he helped set up in 1905. It attracted little popular support but had disproportionate influence largely because of Griffith`s propaganda skills.