pun for prey “Romantic Ireland’s dead and gone‚ / It’s with O’Leary in the grave”.- O’Leary was last bastion of man who had no sense of self-interest. He happily went into exile‚ but was not interested in making a martyr of himself as some of the Easter 1916 people may have done. Romanticism Stanza 2: suggesting that the best prayer is action: “Yet they were of a different kind / the names that stilled your childish play” - talking about great ‘heroes’ of Ireland‚ comparing them to business owners
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Before 1914‚ all major political parties in Australia supported military training for young men. Labor leaders such as Billy Hughes‚ born in London‚ and John Christian Watson‚ of Scottish descent but born on board ship in Valparaiso Harbour‚ Chile‚ were ardent supporters of the Australian National Defence League. In his recent Soldier Boy: The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac‚ Anthony Hill explains how young Jim was imbued at school with pride in being part of the British Empire and was
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Britain and Total War Reasons for delaying total war Nature of British society Britain was a parliamentary democracy with a free press and strong union movement. There was no tradition of conscription and although government controls were quickly put in place‚ Britain did not assume organisation for total war in 1914. ‘Business as usual’ Britain’s official response to the war was ‘business as usual’. This is because many in Britain believed the war would be over very quickly. It was assumed
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Frongoch Interment Camp was situated in Frongoch in Merionethshire‚ Wales. It was a makeshift place of imprisonment during World War 1. It housed German prisoners of war in an abandoned distillery and crude huts up until 1916‚ but in the wake of the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin‚ Ireland‚ the German prisoners were moved and it was used as a place of internment for approximately 1‚800 Irish. Notable prisoners included Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith. They were accorded the status of prisoners of war. The
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Cited: Ramazani‚ Jahan‚ Richard Ellman‚ and Robert O’Clair‚ eds. The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry. New York‚ NY: Norton‚ 2003. Print. Wallace‚ Mark. Factoidz. 12 April 2011. Electronic. 21 September 2011. Yeats‚ William B. "Easter‚ 1916." The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry. Ed. Jahan Ramazani‚ Richard Ellman‚ and Robert O’Clair. New York‚ NY: Norton‚ 2003. 105. Print. Yeats‚ William B. "Sailing to Byzantium." The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary
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In total‚ approximately 210‚000 Irish males served in the British forces during World War One. Since there was no compulsory enlistment for state service‚ approximately 140‚000 of these joined during the war as volunteers. Some 35‚000 Irish males passed away. Irish males enrolled in the armed services.For the war effort for a variety of reasons. Some‚ just like their fellows in other fighting states‚ joined up for the discern justice of the effect. But in Ireland‚ which in the year of 1914 was
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theatre. However‚ to paint him as a devout nationalist in the vein of Arthur Griffith would be a disservice. Yeats’s own beliefs regarding Ireland is quite complex which is seen in his obsession with the Ascendency. Complex still is his reaction to the Easter Rising of 1916. What I intend to prove in this essay is that Yeats is a deeply political poet. Indeed‚ Yeats himself writes about politics not as an observer but as a participant. I will show how the Romantic Nationalism Yeats subscribed to in his
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Development of Irish Nationalism 18 Catholic Association To unite Irish Catholics into a unified political movement and secure Catholic emancipation. Catholic rent to foster a sense of involvement and loyalty and to raise funds for the movement. Mobilised support through the Catholic Church‚ who gave their support to the movement. ‘awakened the political consciousness of the Irish masses’ . Wrenched Catholic Emancipation from a hostile government and king. Associated nationalism
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beauty is born“‚ this line is taken from the excellent poem “Easter 1916” by William Butler Yeats. W.B Yeats uses these words to describe the Easter Rising which resulted in the death of fifteen republican leaders along with their comrades. These events in Irish history have brought celebration but also a great deal of sorrow which Yeats describes perfectly with this clever oxymoron – A terrible beauty. A lot has changed since “Easter 1916” was written‚ yet its words have remained relevant to even
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plays are Juno and the Paycock [Peacock]‚ and The Plough and the Stars‚ the latter of which caused a riot when first performed at the Abbey because nationalists in the audience resented O’Casey’s hostile portrayal of the revolutionaries of the 1916 Easter Rising. Dominic Dromgoole’s revival of The Shadow of a Gunman is at the Tricycle Theatre in London’s Kilburn‚ long an Irish ghetto‚ where during the 70s and 80s the local public houses were full of IRA fund-raisers. Clearly Dromgoole wants the play
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