Sisters of the Revolutionaries : The Story of Margaret and Mary Brigid Pearse...

Description: Sisters of the Revolutionaries : The Story of Margaret and Mary Brigid Pearse, Paperback by O'donnell, Teresa; O'donnell, Mary Louise, ISBN 178537107X, ISBN-13 9781785371073, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Theresa O'Donnell, a harpist and musicologist, and Mary Louise O'Donnell, a harpist and author, chronicle the lives of Margaret (1) and Mary Brigid Pearse (1), whose brothers, Patrick and Willie, were executed for their role in the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland and have been commemorated as martyrs. Margaret was an Irish language activist, politician, and educator who worked with Patrick to found St. Enda's School in Dublin and shared his vision for a bilingual education system and an independent Irish nation, and Mary Brigid was a musician, teacher, actress, playwright, and author of short stories and children's books, but did not agree with her family's political activism. The book describes the sisters' relationships with their brothers, how Patrick managed to realize his ambitions through support of his parents and siblings, the influence of their home life on their adult lives, the effects of the executions on the family, and the disintegration of the sisters' relationship following the death of their mother in 1932. Appendices contain a list of literary works by Mary Brigid and excerpts from her Over the Stile and Curly and the Persian. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

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