What was described by Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Heather Humphreys TD as “a landmark publication” authored by Monaghan man Darragh Gannon was officially launched at the National Museum in the former Collins Barracks in Dublin this week.
‘Proclaiming a Republic: Ireland, 1916 and the National Collection’ is the exquisitely illustrated book that evolved from the National Museum of Ireland’s landmark exhibition, ‘Proclaiming a Republic: the 1916 Rising’.
Many of the exhibited objects have never been on public display before; their detail, such as James Connolly’s blood-streaked …