Waterford / Pat McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCarthy, Pat (Historian), author.

Series:

Irish Revolution, 1912-23

The Irish Revolution,1912-23

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Home rule--Ireland--History--20th century.

Home rule.

History.

Waterford (Ireland)--History--20th century.

Waterford (Ireland).

Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1923.

Ireland.

Ireland--Waterford.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2015.

Summary:

This is the first comprehensive history of Waterford during the turbulent and extraordinary years of the Irish Revolution. Drawing on an impressive array of sources, Pat McCarthy reveals what life was like for the ordinary men, women and children of Waterford city and county during a period that witnessed world war as well as political and social strife in Ireland. As the home constituency of John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, Waterford city shared in his apparent triumph between 1912 and 1944 when he was on the cusp of achieving home rule. The city faithfully supported his wartime policies and benefitted from the consequent economic boom. On Redmond's death, that loyalty was transferred to his son amid bitter political violence. After the general election of 1918 Captain William Redmond described his Waterford city constituency, the only one outside Ulster to return an Irish Party MP, as 'an oasis in the political desert that is Ireland'. Waterford city's allegiance to the Redmonds, its support for the British war effort and a strong labour movement combined to make the city a social and political battleground. By contrast, Waterford county reflected the nationwide trend and was swept along by the rising Sinn Féin tide. It also participated actively in the War of Independence. In 1922 and 1923, both city and county were convulsed by the Civil War and bitter labour disputes. This wide-ranging study offers fascinating new perspectives on Waterford during the Irish Revolution. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 'The coming prosperity': Waterford in 1912 1

2 'We have fought and we have won': Waterford and home rule, 1912-14 17

3 'Waterford has done its duty magnificently': war, rebellion and Waterford, 1914-16 28

4 'An oasis in the political desert of Ireland': the resistible rise of Sinn Féin, 1916-18 45

5 'Waterford has not done much'?: the War of Independence, 1919-21 61

6 'I cannot shake off a dread premonition': truce and gun-running, July-December 1921 88

7 'My constituents suggested... ratification': from Treaty to Civil War, December 1921-June 1922 95

8 'We strove... to keep a few peaceful things going': Civil War and social strife, July 1922-December 1923 105

9 'Ireland shall get her freedom and you still break stone': Waterford in 1923 127.

ISBN:

9781846824098

1846824095

1846824109

9781846824104

OCLC:

896855440