A nation and not a rabble : the Irish revolution, 1913-1923 / Diarmaid Ferriter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferriter, Diarmaid, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ireland--History--1910-1921.

Ireland.

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

Ireland--History--1910-1921--Sources.

Ireland--Social conditions--20th century.

Revolutions--Ireland--History--20th century.

Revolutions.

Social conditions.

Genre:

History.

Sources.

Physical Description:

x, 517 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : The Overlook Press, 2015.

Summary:

"Renowned Irish historian Diarmaid Ferriter presents a new look at the Irish revolutionary period from 1913-1923, drawing from newly available historical sources as well as the testimonies of the people who lived and fought through this extraordinary period. 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. 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"--From publisher.

Contents:

Part I. In search of the rabble

Opening the witness accounts

Who owned the revolution?

The history wars

The fighting stories

Closing young minds?

Keepers of the revolutionary flame

Broadening the interpretations and the sources

New scepticisms, new revisions and the shadow of the Troubles

Labour, gender and the social perspective

The politics of peace and the twenty-first century perspective

Part II. Revolutionary Ireland, 1913-23

An evolving nationalism

Ulster prepared with one voice? : 1910-14

Labour, nationalism and war : 1913-16

1916 : an idea "essentially spiritual"?

The perfect patriots

1917-18 : bonfires and ballots

War of Independence (1): 1919-20 : catching the waves

The chivalrous soldier and the cruel killer

Governing, social realities and justice

Land for the people?

War of Independence (2): 1921-2 : the juggernaut of politics

Truce and treaty

The drift to civil war

Civil war

Stone hearts

Ulster's wounded self-love

The tyranny of the "special"

Part III. Legacy and commemoration

"In danger of finding myself with nothing at all"

"For the life of my heroic son"

Homes fit for heroes?

Scrambling for the bones of the patriot dead

"He knew as much about commanding as my dog"

Commemoration during the troubles and the peace process

Remembering the First World War and welcoming the Queen

Invoking revolutionary ghosts as the Celtic tiger dies and Fianna Fáil collapses

New commemorative priorities, sacred cows and the status of history 397.

Notes:

"First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Profile Books Ltd"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-478) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Nora Barry.

ISBN:

9781468312164

1468312162

9781468314311

1468314319

OCLC:

907206459