Forgotten: The Widows of the Irish Revolution
Forgotten: The Widows of the Irish Revolution
Lindsey Earner-Byrne examines the stories of the widows of seven of the men executed in 1916 for their part in the events of 1916, revealing not just their extraordinary lives but also the issues that they faced in the post-revolutionary period and the birth of the new Free State
Forgotten: The Widows of the Irish Revolution airs on RTE One HD at 2:35 AM, Thursday 24 October. (Subtitles, repeat, sign language.)
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