'Voteless alas': suffragist protest and the census of Ireland in 1911 -- Sport and war: The 1915 all-Ireland hurling championship -- Michael Keogh: recruiting sergeant for Casement's Irish Brigade -- A souring of friendships?: internal divisions in the leadership of the Irish Parliamentary Party in the aftermath of the Easter Rising -- Painting pictures and telling tales: the scholarly and popular portrayal of Patrick Pearse, 1916-27 -- Physical force within the bounds of political constraints: GHQ's role in the War of Independence -- Valence against women during the Irish War of Independence, 1919-21 -- 'Spies and informers beware ... ' -- 'Have we been playing at Republicanism?': the treaty, the pact election and the civil war in Co. Galway -- 'Always in danger of finding myself with nothing at all': the military service pensions and the battle for material survival, 1925-55 -- From rogue revolutionary to rogue civil servant: the resurrection of Bulmer Hobson -- The making of Irish revolutionary elites: the case of Sean Lemass.
Summary:
Powerfully showcases new perspectives on the Irish revolutionary period of 1912-23, through the vivid and provocative scholarship of leading and emerging historians. -- Publisher description.
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