Who’s afraid of the Easter Rising?
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WORLDbytes volunteers are joined by Kevin Rooney and James Heartfield, co-authors of Who’s Afraid of the Easter Rising? 1916-2016, to discuss attitudes to the centenary and the importance of the uprising itself.
This video was filmed by volunteers for citizen TV channel WORLDbytes.
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