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O'Farrell, Mick

Mick O’Farrell was born in Dublin in 1966, the year of the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising. He has been studying the history of the Rising for over fifteen years.

1916 - What the People Saw Contemporary civilian accounts of life in Dublin during the 1916 Easter Rising show what it was really like on the streets €16.99

50 Things you didn't know about 1916 50 Things you didn't know about 1916 is a treasure trove of trivia and information that will appeal to the avid student of 1916 as well as the casual reader. €7.99

The 1916 Diaries of an Irish Rebel and A British Soldier This book contains the unpublished diaries of two men writing under fire on the streets of Dublin in April 1916. In Jacob’s factory, Volunteer Seosamh de Brún wrote in his tiny diary about guard duties and a bicycle sortie to help de Valera, during which a sniper killed one of the cyclists. Meanwhile, across the Liffey, British soldier Samuel Lomas wrote in his own diary of building barricades across Moore Street and participating in the executions of Pearse, Clarke and MacDonagh, giving new insights into the rebellion’s grim closing days. Mick O'Farrell brilliantly juxtaposes these two accounts, including fascimilies that show through deteriorating handwriting the increasing pressure the diarists were under, to give a dramatic account of how ordinary participants experienced the events of Easter week. €14.99

Walk through Rebel Dublin 1916 A Walk Through Rebel Dublin 1916 is a comprehensively illustrated guide to the Rising of Easter Week 1916, based on the significant locations of the rebellion. €7.99

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