Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa: Unrepentant Fenian

by Shane Kenna

Book Overview

Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa died on June 29, 1915, in Staten Island, New York. On hearing of his death, Tom Clarke sent a transatlantic cable from Dublin to John Devoy in New York, with the simple message: "Send his body home at once." His funeral in Glasnevin Cemetery was one of the largest political funerals in Irish history, and is now accepted as the precursor to the Easter Rising. Patrick Pearse famously declared at Rossa's graveside, "The fools,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785370138
• ISBN13: 9781785370137
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Merrion Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"