The Emergency in Colour
Ireland in Wartime
Published on 13. September 2024
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-80458-067-7 (ISBN)
Description
The Emergency in Colour brings wartime Ireland to life in dramatic colour.
Through extensive research, the photos presented here have been painstakingly hand-colourised by photographer John O'Byrne, showing what life on the island was like in extraordinary times.
There are over 200 photographs from across the country, many of which have never been published before, all of them accompanied by fascinating and accessible captions from historian Michael B. Barry.
Through extensive research, the photos presented here have been painstakingly hand-colourised by photographer John O'Byrne, showing what life on the island was like in extraordinary times.
There are over 200 photographs from across the country, many of which have never been published before, all of them accompanied by fascinating and accessible captions from historian Michael B. Barry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dublin
Ireland
Publishing group
Gill
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
1048 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80458-067-7 (9781804580677)
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Persons
Michael B. Barry is a historian and author of many books. John O'Byrne is a professional photographer and colouriser, specialising in colourising military scenes from the early twentieth century. Their first collaboration, The Irish Civil War in Colour, was a bestseller and nominated for Best Irish-Published Book of the Year at the 2022 An Post Irish Book Awards. Their second book, A Nation is Born, was also nominated in the same category.