Robert Brennan (1881–1964)
Auteur de Ireland Standing Firm and Eamon de Valera: A Memoir
A propos de l'auteur
Robert Brennan is an ordained minister and theologian with a background in industrial physics and postgraduate qualifications in physics and theology.
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Œuvres de Robert Brennan
Describing the Hand of God: Divine Agency and Augustinian Obstacles to the Dialogue between Theology and Science (2015) 6 exemplaires
Allegiance 4 exemplaires
The Toledo dagger 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1881-07-22
- Date de décès
- 1964-11-13
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Ireland
- Lieu de naissance
- Wexford, Co. Wexford, Ireland
- Lieu du décès
- Dublin, Ireland
- Professions
- surveyor
writer
journalist
diplomat - Relations
- Brennan, Maeve (daughter)
- Organisations
- Sinn Féin
Fianna Fáil
The Irish Press - Courte biographie
- Robert Brennan (1881-1964) was an Irish diplomat and journalist. During the 1916 Easter Rising he commanded the Irish forces in Wexford and was sentenced to death but this was commuted to life imprisonment. Later released he worked in the propaganda department for Sinn Féin and was Director of Elections in the 1918 General Elections where the party won a landslide victory. He opposed the Anglo-Irish Treaty and supported the Republican side during the Civil War. He would subsequently become a founder member of Fianna Fáil and was the first General Manager, and a director of the Irish Press newspaper. For nine years, from 1938-47, he was Ireland's Minister to Washington, stationed in the US. From 1947-8 he was a Director of Broadcasting at Raidio Eireann.
Membres
Critiques
Allegiance par Robert Brennan
This is a classic account of the revolutionary period and, thankfully, a well written one. Brennan gives a rigorous account of his experiences in Wexford with the Irish Volunteers before the Rising and a thorough account of the events that occurred when the Rising occurred in Wexford and in Dublin. Brennan was an important figure in Sinn Féin as Director of Elections for the 1918 Elections and in Sinn Féin in their Publicity Department during the War of Independence and this book is his personal memoir of these times. He would oppose the Treaty and assist the Anti-Treaty forces in the Civil War though the book does not really analyse the whole Civil War period.… (plus d'informations)
This is an excellent book, restored for a modern audience thanks to UCD. While the second half of the books will seem like hagiography or at the least some extremely favourable bias for opponents of de Valera and Fianna Fáil it is nonetheless heartfelt and indicative of many party supporters at the time. The first part of the memoir is in my view the most interesting and details how dirty tricks were attempted by the Allies to force Ireland to abandon neutrality including by force. The memoir makes one think how grateful we must be that we had someone like Brennan in the US at the time.… (plus d'informations)
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 22
- Popularité
- #553,378
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 5