The Unbroken Tradition: A First-Hand Account of the Easter Rising

This is the a publication of The Unbroken Tradition by activist Nora Connolly, first published in 1918.

Connolly shares her first-hand experience of the events leading up to, during and after the Easter Week Irish revolution in 1916.

Connolly shared the Republican and Socialist visions of her father, James Connolly, and was at the heart of the rebellion that aimed to free Ireland. She offers a very vivid description of Ireland in 1916 and of what it meant to be Irish and under British rule.

Through her compelling writing, Connolly gives the reader an eye opening view of what she describes as 'the real reasons' behind the Irish antagonism towards Britain in the years that preceded World War One, by giving a thorough, personal and vivid account of the Easter Rising.