Pádraig Pearse (1879-1916) was a barrister, schoolteacher, poet, playwright as well as a prominent member of the Gaelic League, Irish Volunteers and eventually the Irish Republican Brotherhood. In 1916, the IRB alongside the Irish Citizen Army (ICA) led by James Connolly and Cumann na mBan staged the Easter Rising against British rule in Dublin. Following its eventual defeat, Pearse alongside fifteen other leaders of the rebellion were executed. Pearse today is beloved as a martyr and a hero and his collected writings and speeches are revered in Irish nationalist circles.
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Writings
Collected Writings From An Macaomh
Three Lectures on Gaelic Topics
Specimens From An Irish Anthology
The Political Writings And Speeches of Pádraig Pearse
The “Irish” Literary Theatre (1899)
Here and There in Cork (1902)
On Emigration (1903)
The Anti-Emigration Campaign (1903)
Colum Wallace (1903)
Essentials (1904)
The Education Question (1904)
The Philosophy of Education (1904)
‘Séadna’ and the Future of Irish Prose (1904)
Nationality and Gaelicism (1904)
Hungary and Ireland (1904)
Ulster (1904)
The Be-All And The End-All (1904)
Review of ‘Beatha Aodha Uí Néill’ (1905)
Betlehem (1905)
The Case For Irish (1905)
Education in the “West of Ireland” (1905)
The Law and the Language (1905)
Arguments in Niall Mac Giolla Bhrighde Case (1905)
Is The Language Dying? (1905)
The National Holiday (1905)
What Is A National Language? (1905)
How to Solve The Education Problem (1905)
About the United States (1905)
Language And Nationality (1905)
What The District Councils Might Do (1906)
Aisling (1906)
Ós Cionn na Fairrge (1906)
‘Seoda na Sean’; and Some Reflections (1906)
Leas-Ainmneaċa (1906)
The Art Revival (1906)
Wanted—An Irish-Speaking Public Body (1906)
The Irish-Speaking Districts (1906)
The English-Speaking Tradition (1906)
A Voice From The Grave (1906)
The Church in the Gaedhealtacht (1906)
Wanted—A New Crusade (1906)
Literature, Life and the Oireachtas Competitions (1906)
Móra Ḋuit, a Ṫír ár nDúṫċais! (1906)
Nua-Litriḋeaċt (1906)
Traditionalism (1906)
An Act of Faith (1906)
The Peace of the Gael (1906)
At Christmastide (1906)
Folklore and the Zeitgeist (1906)
The Seóinín (1906)
The Critic (1906)
The Individual (1906)
The Politician in the Gaedhealtacht (1906)
In My Garden (1906)
About Literature (1906)
Irish History (1907)
Misneach! (1907)
The Formation of Character (1907)
The Fire in the West (1907)
The Irish-Speaking Child (1907)
Review of Seán Ua Ceallaigh’s “Brian Bóirmhe” (1907)
The Stubborn Gael (1907)
The Passing of Anglo-Irish Drama (1907)
La Fheile Padraic: Notes and Reflections (1908)
The Future of Irish Art (1908)
Focailín Leis na Páisdibh (1908)
Our Heritage of Chivalry (1908)
Is Irish A Living Language? (1908)
Sgoil Éanna Advertisement (1908)
On Trial (1909)
Ireland or West Britain (1909)
A Matter Of Education (1909)
The School and the Nation (1910)
Lecture To Carrick-on-Suir Branch of the Gaelic League (1911)
Prospectus of An Barr Buadh (1912)
Some Aspects of Irish Literature (1912)
The Old Gray Mare (1913)
Speech at the Inaugural Meeting of the Irish Volunteers (1913)
St. Enda’s (1913)
Speech to the Irish Volunteers of Tralee (1914)
The Issue (1914)
Letter To The New York Evening Journal (1914)
Speech at Jenkinstown, County Louth (1914)
The Volunteers and The Language (1914)
Vision and Courage: The Gaelic League’s Place in Irish History (1914)
Appeal To Irish America For St. Enda’s Funding (1914)
The Fianna of Fionn (1914)
Letter to Irish Women’s Franchise League (1915)
Litir go hlar-Ḋaltaí Scoile Íde (1915)
The Dublin Brigade in Cuala (1915)
‘When We Fight We Fight For—’ (1916)
The Heart’s Desire (1916)
The Work Before Us (1916)
Address To Court Martial (1916)
Final Address to Volunteers (1916)
IRISH WAR NEWS (1916)
Final Letter to his Mother (1916)
Manifesto To The Citizens of Dublin (1916)
The Order For Surrender (1916)