For 100 years objects left behind from 1916 have borne silent witness to the events of Easter Week - this book tells their stories and uses them in a unique way to cast light on many of the lesser-known elements of the Rising.
Days of the Blackthorn uses contemporary sources such as eyewitness tales, to provide a visceral sense of the 'vengeful, brutal, drunken, petty world' of faction fighting in Kerry in the 1800s. This is a fascinating account of a wild, violent time in Ireland's history.