This thought-provoking book retells the story of the 1916 Rising through previously unavailable first-hand accounts from the protagonists. Witnesses: Inside the Easter Rising is the first book to draw on official witness statements taken from the late 1940s onwards by the government of the time, and only released to the public by the Bureau of Military History in 2003, once all the witnesses had passed on. Witnesses is illustrated with unpublished and rare photographs, including from inside the GPO, and features an introduction by historian and author Dr Margaret Mac Curtain. A remarkable work of historical research by a pioneering author.
