Was it for this?

From the time of the 1916 Rising, its significance then and since, its place in our history and relevance to today's arguments, have been seen differently and contested in every generation. This lively collection of writings from politicians, historians, and journalists, drawn mostly from The Irish Times over the last 100 years by journalist Ronan McGreevy, is part analysis, part polemic, part memoire, and reflects the breadth of those far-ranging debates since that time.