I.R.A. and its Enemies : Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hart, Peter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community life--Ireland--Cork (County)--History--20th century.

Cork (Ireland : County)--History.

Ireland--History--1910-1921.

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

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916.

Irish Republican Army--History.

Violence--Ireland--Cork (County)--History--20th century.

Irish Republican Army.

Cork (Ireland : County).

Ireland.

Local Subjects:

Community life--Ireland--Cork (County)--History--20th century.

Cork (Ireland : County)--History.

Ireland--History--1910-1921.

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

Ireland--History--Easter Rising, 1916.

Irish Republican Army--History.

Violence--Ireland--Cork (County)--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (367 p.)

Other Title:

IRA and its enemies

Irish Republican Army and its enemies

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1999.

Summary:

What is it like to be in the I.R.A., to fight them, or to be at their mercy? This book explores the lives, deaths, enemies, and victims of the most powerful guerrillas of twentieth-century Ireland: those of the Cork I.R.A. between 1916 and 1923. Drawing on an unprecedented body of sources, including numerous interviews this is a uniquely intimate study of revolution, guerrilla war, and ethnic conflict. - ;What is it like to be in the I.R.A. - or at their mercy? This fascinating study explores the lives and deaths of the enemies and victims of the County Cork I.R.A. between 1916 and 1923 - the

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Map to show districts and towns in Cork; 1. Introduction: The Killing of Sergeant O'Donoghue; PART I: REVOLUTION, 1916-1923; 2. The Kilmichael Ambush; 3. Rebel Cork; 4. Dying for Ireland; 5. The Cork Republic; PART II: REBELS; 6. The Boys of Kilmichael; 7. Volunteers; 8. Youth and Rebellion; PART III: THE PATH TO REVOLUTION; 9. The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary Family; 10. Volunteering; 11. Guerrillas; PART IV: NEIGHBOURS AND ENEMIES; 12. Taking it out on the Protestants; 13. Spies and Informers

Appendix: Sources and Definitions: I.R.A. Membership and ViolenceBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-151338-5

OCLC:

666985757