{"product_id":"9780993515736","title":"My 1916: What the Easter Rising Means to Me","description":"My 1916 is a collection of personal stories of people connecting with one of the most pivotal events in Irish history - the Easter Rising of 1916. \u003cbr\u003eSome of the people featured had relatives who fought in the rebellion; others had none; some hail the rebels as heroes; others decry them as fanatics and fantasists. \u003cbr\u003eSinger Damien Dempsey reveals why he wrote a song for his great grand aunt; Archbishop Diarmuid Martin reflects on his grandmother watching her sons go out to kill or be killed; Historian Sinéad McCoole celebrates mná na hÉireann; Fr Joseph Mallin discusses his father Michael Mallin's despair before his execution; Peter Thompson tells the love story of an Orangeman and a Cumann na mBan typist; Artists Liam O'Neill, Norman Teeling and Laura Doherty describe how the Rising patriots inspire their work; Actor John Connors asks where is the social justice for which the rebels laid down their lives... And that's just for starters.\u003cbr\u003eThis collection was first published as a series in the Irish Independent.","brand":"CN Media Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49808031318256,"sku":"9780993515736","price":11.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780993515736","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}