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The Irish War of Independence and Civil War
In the aftermath of the First World War, a political revolution took place in what was then the United Kingdom. Such upheavals were common in postwar Europe, as new states came into being and new borders were forged. What made the revolution in the UK distinctive is that it took place within one of the victor powers, rather than any of their defeated enemies.

In the years after the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland, a new independence movement had emerged, and in 1918-19 the political party Sinn Féin and its paramilitary partner, the Irish Republican Army, began a political struggle and an armed uprising against British rule.

By 1922 the United Kingdom has lost a very substantial portion of its territory, as the Irish Free State came into being amidst a brutal Civil War. At the same time Ireland was partitioned and a new, unionist government was established in what was now Northern Ireland. These were outcomes that nobody could have predicted before 1914. In The Irish War of Independence and Civil War, experts on the subject explore the experience and consequences of the latter phases of the Irish revolution from a wide range of perspectives.
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The Irish War of Independence and Civil War
In the aftermath of the First World War, a political revolution took place in what was then the United Kingdom. Such upheavals were common in postwar Europe, as new states came into being and new borders were forged. What made the revolution in the UK distinctive is that it took place within one of the victor powers, rather than any of their defeated enemies.

In the years after the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland, a new independence movement had emerged, and in 1918-19 the political party Sinn Féin and its paramilitary partner, the Irish Republican Army, began a political struggle and an armed uprising against British rule.

By 1922 the United Kingdom has lost a very substantial portion of its territory, as the Irish Free State came into being amidst a brutal Civil War. At the same time Ireland was partitioned and a new, unionist government was established in what was now Northern Ireland. These were outcomes that nobody could have predicted before 1914. In The Irish War of Independence and Civil War, experts on the subject explore the experience and consequences of the latter phases of the Irish revolution from a wide range of perspectives.
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The Irish War of Independence and Civil War

The Irish War of Independence and Civil War

The Irish War of Independence and Civil War

The Irish War of Independence and Civil War

Overview

In the aftermath of the First World War, a political revolution took place in what was then the United Kingdom. Such upheavals were common in postwar Europe, as new states came into being and new borders were forged. What made the revolution in the UK distinctive is that it took place within one of the victor powers, rather than any of their defeated enemies.

In the years after the Easter Rising of 1916 in Ireland, a new independence movement had emerged, and in 1918-19 the political party Sinn Féin and its paramilitary partner, the Irish Republican Army, began a political struggle and an armed uprising against British rule.

By 1922 the United Kingdom has lost a very substantial portion of its territory, as the Irish Free State came into being amidst a brutal Civil War. At the same time Ireland was partitioned and a new, unionist government was established in what was now Northern Ireland. These were outcomes that nobody could have predicted before 1914. In The Irish War of Independence and Civil War, experts on the subject explore the experience and consequences of the latter phases of the Irish revolution from a wide range of perspectives.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781526757982
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Publication date: 07/28/2020
Series: Irish Perspectives
Pages: 176
Sales rank: 966,731
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

John Gibney is a historian attached to the Royal Irish Academy's Documents on Irish Foreign Policy Project. He is a longtime contributor to History Ireland.

Table of Contents

Preface vii

Contributors ix

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Keeping an eye on the usual suspects: Dublin Castle's 'Personalities Files', 1899-1921 1

Chapter 2 Ireland and the Bolshevik Revolution 13

Chapter 3 'Oh God, what did I do to deserve this?' The life and death of Detective Sergeant John Barton 23

Chapter 4 Smoking gun? British government policy and RIC reprisals, summer 1920 29

Chapter 5 Who were the Black and Tans? 37

Chapter 6 Revolutionary justice: the Dáil Éireann courts 45

Chapter 7 'Pilgrimville': the Templemore miracles, 1920 53

Chapter 8 Nationalism, empire and memory: the Connaught Rangers mutiny, June 1920 61

Chapter 9 'Prophet of the oppressed nations': Gabriele D'Annunzio and the Irish Republic, 1919-21 69

Chapter 10 Bloody Sunday, 1920: the military inquiry 79

Chapter 11 The burning of Cork, 1920: the fire service response 89

Chapter 12 The War of Independence in the northern counties 97

Chapter 13 'Spies and informers beware!' IRA executions of alleged civilian spies during the War of Independence 105

Chapter 14 'Murder stops play - eventually!': gentlemen of Ireland versus the military of Ireland, 3 June 1921 113

Chapter 15 From the outside in: the international dimension to the Irish Civil War 121

Chapter 16 The Clones affray, 1922: massacre or invasion? 131

Chapter 17 'A scrapping of every principle of individual liberty': the postal strike of 1922 139

Chapter 18 'Will the show go on?': the IRA's Civil War campaign against Dublin's cinemas and theatres 151

Chapter 19 The women who died for Ireland 157

Select Bibliography 161

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