A collection of essays (in Irish) on the many aspects to the live and work of Pádraic Mac Piarais (Patrick Pearse). There can be no question but that Patrick Pearse is one of the major figures in Irish history. But who was he? Because we have been presented with many different views of Pearse in the 100 years since his execution as a result of his involvement in the Easter Rising 1916.
There is the journalist and the newspaper editor, the idealist, the educationalist and teacher, the short story writer, the poet and the dramatist, the protester, the Irish Volunteer, the revolutionary, the military leader and the President of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic. And, at last, there is the hero, the saint and the glorious martyr. On the other hand there is the man who was too given to romanticism in every aspect of life, a man who imagined himself as the saviour of the Gaels and who showed an abiding interest in the idea of martyrdom and blood sacrifice.
To mark the 100-year commemoration of the Easter Rising, it is time to look again at this complicated and multi-faceted man. In this book, based on talks which were broadcast on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta in 2016, twelve scholars discuss various aspects of the life and work of Patrick Pearse, with the hope of shedding new light on this figure whose influence still lives on today.
The authors:
Róisín Ní Ghairbhí, Regina Uí Chollatáin, Alan Titley, Gearóid Denvir, Ciarán Ó Coigligh, Fionntán de Brún, Caitríona Ó Torna, Seosamh Ó Cuaig, Úna Ní Bhroiméil, Mary N. Harris, J.J. Lee, Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh.
Contents
Cúlra agus óige an Phiarsaigh: teaghlach, scolaíocht/oideachas, teacht in inmhe. (Róisín Ní Ghairbhí)
An Piarsach agus iriseoireacht na Gaeilge (Regina Uí Chollatáin)
An Piarsach agus an díospóireacht faoi nua-litríocht na Gaeilge (Alan Titley )
Saothar liteartha: scríbinní an Phiarsaigh (Gearóid Denvir )
An Piarsach mar oideachasóir: fealsúnacht, teoiric agus tuiscint (Ciarán Ó Coigligh)
An Piarsach agus Scoil Éanna : oideachasóir agus ídé-eolaí i mbun scoile. (Fiontán de Brún))
An Piarsach agus an Ghaeltacht : coincheapú agus bearta praiticiúla (Caitríona Ó Torna)
An Piarsach agus Ros Muc (Seosamh Ó Cuaig)
An Piarsach agus a chuairt ar Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá (Úna Ní Bhroiméil)
Smaointeoireacht an Phiarsaigh ar an náisiúnachas agus ar an bpolaitíocht, anuas go dtí 1913 (Máire Harris)
I dtreo an mhílteatachais agus na Poblachta: an Piarsach agus an pholaitíocht, 1913-1916 (J.J. Lee)
Cáil an Phiarsaigh i ndiaidh a bháis: beathaisnéisí agus breithiúnais (Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh)