The first account of America's role in, and views on, Easter 1916 and its significance in the evolution of Irish America.

Explains the reasons for the large Irish emigration, and examines the problems they faced adjusting to new lives in the United States.

25 scholars excavate the ways in which the US was a critical theatre of war during the Irish fight for independence. It is the first work to assess the range an

Senior RTE current affairs reporter Mike Milotte, who began to unravel the story in a TV documentary last year, has now gained access to hundreds of confidentia