Ernie O'Malley was a medical student in Dublin when the 1916 Rising
broke out. Although initially indifferent, he soon came to
sympathise with the Republican viewpoint and joined the Irish
Volunteers, later to become the IRA. He quickly rose through the
ranks and was soon organising the IRA around the country, reporting
directly to Michael Collins and Richard Mulcahy.
Andy Bielenberg, who works in UCC, has a special interest in the
revolution in Co. Cork 1914–23; John Borgonovo is a history
lecturer in UCC, and has written many books on the revolution in
Cork; Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, originally from Co. Clare, lives in Co.
Cork and works for the OPW. He has published extensively on the
revolution in Ireland.
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