Research Catalog

Title

Family histories of the Irish Revolution / Ciara Boylan, Sarah-Anne Buckley & Pat Dolan, editors.

Publication

• Dublin, Ireland : Open Air ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, [2018].
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Boylan, Ciara, 1980-
• Buckley, Sarah-Anne
• Dolan, Pat, 1958-

Description

240 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

This volume presents a unique and engaging selection of stories from current and retired staff at NUI Galway of familial participation during the revolutionary period. It captures the ways in which family history and memory is transmitted and the influence and legacy of these histories. The stories include familial accounts of well-known figures like Peadar O'Donnell, Tom Kettle, and Hanna and Francis Sheehy-Skeffington, alongside accounts of men and women unknown/forgotten by the larger historical narrative. The contributions include accounts of nationalists and unionists; men, women, and young people; British army soldiers and Irish Volunteers; members of Cumann na mBan and the ICA. Through very real human experiences and personal stories, it demonstrates the complex ways in which people engaged with the events of the period and the diversity of contemporary experience. The contributions discuss how family history and memory was imparted and aim to explore the legacy of this on succeeding generations. As such, the volume reflects the impact of the revolutionary period on the present generation from a lifecourse perspective. Some of these family stories and memories have been buried for generations, such as those of family members who served in the British army during the First World War or of RUC men in rural Ireland, or the real and personal impact of the Civil War, thus shedding new light on the complex politics of memory in post-independence Ireland. -- Publisher description

Subjects

• Ireland
• Nationalism
• Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916
• History
• Ireland > History > Easter Rising, 1916 > Personal narratives
• 1900-1999
• Civil War (Ireland : 1922-1923)
• Easter Rising (Ireland : 1916)
• National University of Ireland, Galway
• Personal narratives
• Nationalism > Ireland > History > 20th century
• Ireland > History > Civil War, 1922-1923 > Personal narratives
• Collective memory > Ireland

Genre/Form

• History.
• Personal narratives.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

I. Women and gender : -- 1. Our aunt Eilish's untold story of rebellion, romance and religion / Pat Dolan, Michael Dolan -- . 2. Family stories and secret keepers: who is Maire Bastabal? / Anne Byrne, Colm Byrne -- 3. The Sheehy Skeffington legacy and its influence on me today / Micheline Sheehy Skeffington -- . 4. The many sides of Tom Kettle / Niamh Reilly ; -- II. 1916-21 : -- 5. From family history to history: my grandfather and I / Roisin Healy -- 6. Martin Savage: Sligo's working-class hero / Angela Savage -- 7. He did everything, he was the most reliable man we had: Commandant Pat Fallon (1885-1958), South Mayo Brigade / Enda Fallon Jr., Daithi Fallon, Cian O'Neill -- 8. A life less ordinary: Barney 'the Miller' and the War of Independence / Bernadine Brady -- 9. Jack Morrogh and 'Sinn Fein's foredoomed dreams' / Antony Wheatley ; -- III: The Irish Revolution and beyond : -- 10. Ireland will soon be free: Paddy Miller and the Knocklong Raid / Liam O'hAidibeil -- 11. Dan McCann: IRA artificer and a dangerous man / Chris McNairney -- 12. Peadar O'Donnell: a rebellious relative / Tom Boylan -- 13. Michael Canavan: an ordinary (heroic) life John Canavan, Dorothy Ni Uigin, Jim Higgins -- 14. Caught in the conflict : the predicament of the Irish police force during the War of Independence / Michael Lang -- 15. Cantans intra et extra Chorum: Patrick and Francis Shaw / Olga Cox Cameron, John Cox.

Call Number

JFE 18-5482

ISBN

• 1846826829
• 9781846826825

LCCN

2017491028

OCLC

993765167

Title

Family histories of the Irish Revolution / Ciara Boylan, Sarah-Anne Buckley & Pat Dolan, editors.

Publisher

Dublin, Ireland : Open Air ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, [2018].

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Boylan, Ciara, 1980- editor.

Buckley, Sarah-Anne, editor.

Dolan, Pat, 1958- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Family histories of the Irish Revolution. Dublin : Open Air, [2018] 9781846827129 (OCoLC)1017737160

Research Call Number

JFE 18-5482