A nation and not a rabble : the Irish revolution, 1913-1923 / Diarmaid Ferriter.
By: Ferriter, Diarmaid [author.]
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BookPublisher: London : Profile Books, 2015Description: x, 517 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781781250419.Subject(s): History | European history | Ireland | c 1900 to c 1909 | Inter-war period c 1919 to c 1939 | History | Ireland -- History -- 1910-1921 | Ireland -- History -- Civil War, 1922-1923 | Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 941.5082 FER Summary: Packed with violence, political drama and social and cultural upheaval, the years 1913-1923 saw the emergence in Ireland of the Ulster Volunteer Force to resist Irish home rule and in response, the Irish Volunteers, who would later evolve into the IRA. World War One, the rise of Sinn Fein, intense Ulster unionism and conflict with Britain culminated in the Irish war of Independence, which ended with a compromise Treaty with Britain and then the enmities and drama of the Irish Civil War. Drawing on an abundance of newly released archival material, witness statements and testimony from the ordinary Irish people who lived and fought through extraordinary times, 'A Nation and not a Rabble' explores these revolutions.
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| 941.5082 FAY Northern Ireland's troubles : the human costs / | 941.5082 FER The transformation of Ireland, 1900-2000 / | 941.5082 FER The transformation of Ireland, 1900-2000 / | 941.5082 FER A nation and not a rabble : the Irish revolution, 1913-1923 / | 941.5082 FIS In time of war : Ireland, Ulster and the price of neutrality/ | 941.5082 FIT The two Irelands, 1912-1939/ | 941.5082 FIT Harry Boland's Irish revolution / |
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Packed with violence, political drama and social and cultural upheaval, the years 1913-1923 saw the emergence in Ireland of the Ulster Volunteer Force to resist Irish home rule and in response, the Irish Volunteers, who would later evolve into the IRA. World War One, the rise of Sinn F#65533;in, intense Ulster unionism and conflict with Britain culminated in the Irish war of Independence, which ended with a compromise Treaty with Britain and then the enmities and drama of the Irish Civil War.Drawing on an abundance of newly released archival material, witness statements and testimony from the ordinary Irish people who lived and fought through extraordinary times, A Nation and not a Rabble explores these revolutions. Diarmaid Ferriter highlights the gulf between rhetoric and reality in politics and violence, the role of women, the battle for material survival, the impact of key Irish unionist and republican leaders, as well as conflicts over health, land, religion, law and order, and welfare.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Packed with violence, political drama and social and cultural upheaval, the years 1913-1923 saw the emergence in Ireland of the Ulster Volunteer Force to resist Irish home rule and in response, the Irish Volunteers, who would later evolve into the IRA. World War One, the rise of Sinn Fein, intense Ulster unionism and conflict with Britain culminated in the Irish war of Independence, which ended with a compromise Treaty with Britain and then the enmities and drama of the Irish Civil War. Drawing on an abundance of newly released archival material, witness statements and testimony from the ordinary Irish people who lived and fought through extraordinary times, 'A Nation and not a Rabble' explores these revolutions.