Research Catalog

Title

The Irish Civil War : law, execution and atrocity / Seán Enright.

Author

Enright, Seán

Publication

Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland : Merrion Press, 2019.

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Details

Description

xvi, 186 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"During the Irish Civil War eighty-three executions were carried out by the National Army of the emerging Free State government, including four prisoners not tried or convicted of any charge. After the war the trial records were destroyed and the execution policy became a bitter memory that was rarely discussed. In this groundbreaking work, Seán Enright examines how a climate emerged in which prisoners could be tried by rudimentary military courts and then executed, and how so many other prisoners were killed without any trial at all.The government of the emerging state relied on the National Army to fight the war and implement policy, but the National Army was new and lacked discipline. More than 125 further prisoners were killed in the custody of the state; shot at the point of capture or killed in custody. 'Shot while trying to escape' became an all too familiar press release. Seventeen prisoners were killed in the Kerry landmine massacres alone.In the struggle to survive, the new state turned a blind eye and the rule of law simply unravelled. Featuring new material from the Irish Military Archives, The Irish Civil War: Law, Execution and Atrocity examines the dark legacy of this chaotic and bitter conflict"--

Subject

• Civil War (Ireland : 1922-1923)
• 1922-1923
• Executions and executioners > Ireland > History > 20th century
• Ireland > History > Civil War, 1922-1923
• Ireland > History > Atrocities. > Civil War, 1922-1923
• Ireland

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134) and index.

Contents

Jock McPeake -- A state in chaos -- The origins of the execution policy -- Military courts and the first executions -- Childers -- Spooner, Farrelly, Murphy and Mallin -- The creation of the Irish Free State and the Mountjoy executions -- Trial by army committee -- The Rathbride prisoners -- The Leixlip prisoners -- Christmas and New Year -- January -- The pause in the executions : February to 13 March -- The Kerry Landmine massacres and the resumption of executions -- April -- Summer and autumn of 1923.

Call Number

JFE 20-1262

ISBN

• 178537253X
• 9781785372537

LCCN

2019410184

OCLC

1084327475

Author

Enright, Seán, author.

Title

The Irish Civil War : law, execution and atrocity / Seán Enright.

Publisher

Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland : Merrion Press, 2019.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-134) and index.

Chronological Term

1922-1923

Research Call Number

JFE 20-1262