The Irish revolt that resonates with SA's quest for freedom

The Easter Rising that took place in Ireland in 1916 might not appear to have anything to do with South Africa but, in the words of Professor Briona Nic Dhiarmida, "any country that has gone through oppression and a revolution knows the story". Nic Dhiarmida, professor of Irish studies as well as of theatre and film studies at Indiana's Notre Dame University, was in South Africa last week to introduce screenings of her film, 1916: The Irish Rebellion.