Book on Irish rebellion sells out

Dublin, 19 August 1916 - The Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook has sold out within a week of its release and a second edition is now being published.

The Handbook has emerged as the 'standard' work of reference for those interested in the events of the Easter Rising.

Produced by The Irish Times, the Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook is described as 'by far the most exhaustive' book published on the rebellion.

The Handbook runs to some 248 pages, is printed in double column and is illustrated with portraits of all the principal participants.

Central to the book are descriptions of the fighting, as well as copies of the military despatches and official statements, the rebel proclamations and despatches, the punishment of the rebels and the full record of sentences.

The book costs 6d.

[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]