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Mar 27, 2016 · Kidnapped and ‘arrested’ on the eve of the Rising – for daring to advocate against it – Bulmer Hobson was written out of the revolutionary narrative as a result. The kidnapping of Bulmer Hobson is an extraordinary but largely forgotten tale of the Easter Rising of 24 – 29 April 1916. Born in Belfast in…
Bulmer Hobson (14. tammikuuta 1883 – 8. elokuuta 1969) oli irlantilainen vallankumouksellinen nationalisti ja eräs Irlannin tasavaltalaisveljeskunnan (IRB) johtajista vuoden 1916 pääsiäiskapinaa edeltäneinä vuosina. Maltillista suuntausta lähentynyt Hobson syrjäytettiin IRB:n johdosta, ja hän vastusti kapinaan ryhtymistä.
Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Wear to covers and spine, edges of cover chipped, ripped, creased and worn, some small pieces missing, top and bottom of spine chipped and worn, surface of spine worn, surface of covers and spine grubby, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear but slightly yellowing, a few odd spots of foxing and a few bent and creased corners, both maps present but both have rip just below the hinges, map 1 goes 6 cm onto map, also a stain on the top edge ...
Aug 7, 2014 · He describes the journey that led from the discovery of Hobson’s existence to the lonely grave in Dogs’s Bay in an extraordinary, short, but effective, monograph entitled In Search of Bulmer Hobson and published under his own imprint, rather aptly called The Graven Image Press.
Marnie Hay begins her study of Bulmer Hobson (1883–1969) by claiming him to be one of ‘the losers of Irish history’. Despite Hobson’s tireless work as a republican propagandist and as a grassroots organiser for the IRB and Irish Volunteers, he has suffered from the distortions of the past, which render the writing of this period acutely treacherous and potentially disfiguring.
Bulmer Hobson, a senior IRB figure of longstanding, was at one with MacNeill in believing that the Volunteers needed to be readied for a fight, but they should fight only if compelled to do so ...
