top of page

The 1916 Rising

About the book

​

1916: A simplified but detailed account. In only 55 pages you'll learn the whole story of the Rising, the people involved and what happened day by day. As well as lots of interesting facts the book contains lots of drawings (see sample pages below)

​

Click on the PDF below to download a free copy 

Review 

​

'This informative book should be a must for smart history teachers who want to engage their students, but it has much broader appeal too.'

 

THERE have been numerous books about the Easter Rising to mark its centenary, but Joan O’Reilly’s Simplified History — The 1916 Rising is definitely the most concise and accessible, doing what it says on the tin in just 54 pages.

​

This is not only a perfect introduction for anybody wanting to know what led to the Rising, the events of Easter week, the main players and the aftermath, in a succinct but thorough fashion, it achieves this in a way that will appeal to adults as well as schoolchildren.

History graduate O’Reilly is passionate about the subject and equally passionate about making it interesting and appealing.

​

The first in her Simplified History books proves that while it’s easy to make something bigger and more complex, it takes greater skill and intelligence to make the complex simple. 

This informative book should be a must for smart history teachers who want to engage their students, but it has much broader appeal too.

​

​

Tim Vaughan

​

​

​

 

​

Irish-Examiner.png
Joan O'Reilly Book Launch1.jpg

Here is your

free copy of the book. Just click on the PDF 

Sample Pages​

​

 

​

bottom of page