Patrick Pearse: Psychobiographical Reflections on an Enigmatic, Paradoxical Personality

Abstract: To date historians have focused almost exclusively on Patrick Pearse's key role in the 1916 Easter Rising to the extent that there is much less information about his personality development and characteristics. They have portrayed the elusive, paradoxical Patrick as nationalist, revolutionary and martyr or as a flawed and failed human being. Moran, agreeing with comments made at an earlier time by F.S.L. Lyons, suggests that, to have any real understanding of Patrick's role in the rebellion and the events that led up to it, historians need to focus more attention on understanding the man himself.[1] The approach used in this article is psychobiographical, a methodology that applies psychological theory to biographical information in order to more fully understand an individual’s personality and achievements. In the case of Patrick Pearse the biographical information focuses on consensual aspects of his family background, his life experiences, his role as educator and his emergence

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Studies in Arts and Humanities ; 2 (2016) 1 ; 33-51

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2016
• Creator: Orr, Patricia Meredith ; Tuohey, Michelle ; Sheridan, Clare ; O'Rourke, Niamh ; Landy, Orla ; Lynch, Kevin ; McLoughlin, Donall

Further information

• DOI: 10.18193/sah.v2i1.51
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022090115324430266052
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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