Transatlantic defiance : the militant Irish republican movement in America, 1923-45 / Gavin Wilk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilk, Gavin, author.

Series:

Manchester Political Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Irish Republican Army--History.

Irish Republican Army.

Clan-na-Gael--History.

Clan-na-Gael.

Irish Americans--History.

Irish Americans.

Irish question.

United States--Foreign relations--Ireland.

United States.

Ireland--Foreign relations--United States.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 220 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave MacMillan, 2014.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book examines the militant Irish republican movement in the United States from the final months of the Irish Civil War through to the Second World War. The narrative, crafted to appeal to both an academic and general audience, carefully and creatively intertwines the personalities, events and policies that shaped the militant republican movement in the US during this period and shows the evolution of its deep transnational nature. Most importantly, through a bottom-up historical analysis that incorporates an examination of more than eighty archival collections in the US, Ireland and Britain, the work presents for the first time an account of the anti-Treaty Irish Republican Army (IRA) veterans who emigrated to the United States after the Irish Civil War. Upon their settlement in Irish-American communities, these republicans directly influenced and guided the US-based militant republican organisation, Clan na Gael, transformed the overall dynamics of militant Irish republicanism in America and provided leadership and co-ordination for an IRA bombing campaign. The inclusion of these IRA veterans in the narrative creates a fresh and revised interpretation of the militant Irish republican activism that occurred in the US in the immediate decades after the Irish revolutionary period.

Contents:

Introduction: 'Out of Ireland, I never shall be happy'

The search for direction, 1923-6

Irish departures, American arrivals, 1923-6

Transforming the movement, 1927-30

Creating a new identity, 1931-5

Depression, survival and assistance, 1931-5

Guiding a bombing campaign from the United States, 1936-9

Restrained action, 1940-5.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 May 2026).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781781707722

1781707723

9781847799517

1847799515

OCLC:

979153455