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Historical abstracts are collected in certain resources an can be a valuable reference tool for a collection on the 1916 Easter Rising. In particular, the //Bibliography of British and Irish History// (Brepols) found on the UCD library database page at http://apps.brepolis.net/bbih/search.cfm?, and Irish History Online found at http://www.irishhistoryonline.ie/ provide reference abstracts for this area. Also at TCD Library in Santry: //Historical Abstracts: Part B, Twentieth-century.// Santa Barbara, Calif., etc. : American Bibliographical Center-Clio Press. //Historical Abstracts Index.// New York: Historical Abstracts, 1955-1977. //Historical Abstracts.// Santa Barbara, Calif., etc. : American Bibliographical Center-Clio Press.

Ebscohost also has an historical abstract database. Also of interest: Ní Dhonnchadha,M & Dorgan T. (1991). //Revising the Rising//. Derry: Field Day. This book collects some intriguing scholarly arguments around the 1916 Rising that reflect the breadth of those arguments. They particularly focus on the debate between historical revisionism and post-colonial criticism.

Barry, S. (2005). //A Long Long Way//. London: Faber and Faber. This fictional tale follows an Irish brigade during World War I and has them return to Dublin to fight against their fellow citizens during the 1916 Rising.

MacDonagh, Thomas. (1916). //Literatures in Ireland: Studies in Irish and Anglo-Irish//. Dublin: Talbot Press. Literary criticism by a UCD academic who was one of the leaders executed after the failed 1916 Rising.