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Title

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 : Waterford / Pat McCarthy.

Author

McCarthy, Pat

Publication

Dublin, Ireland ; Portland, OR. : Four Courts Press, 2015.

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Description

180 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

Drawing on an impressive array of sources, author Pat McCarthy has produced the first comprehensive history of County Waterford during the turbulent and extraordinary years of the Irish Revolution. He reveals what life was like for the ordinary men, women, and children of city and county during a period that witnessed world war and domestic political and social strife. As the home constituency of John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, Waterford city shared in his apparent triumph between 1912 and 1914 when he was on the cusp of achieving home rule. The city faithfully supported his wartime policies and benefited from the consequent economic boom. On Redmond's death, that loyalty was transferred to his son amid bitter political violence. After the general election of 1918, Captain William Redmond described his Waterford city constituency, the only one outside Ulster to return an Irish Party MP, as 'an oasis in the political desert that is Ireland.' Waterford city's allegiance to the Redmonds, its support for the British war effort, and a strong labor movement combined to make the city a social and political battleground. By contrast, County Waterford reflected the nationwide trend and was swept along by the rising Sinn Fein tide. It also participated actively in the War of Independence. In 1922 and 1923, both city and county were convulsed by the Civil War and bitter labor disputes. This wide-ranging study offers fascinating new perspectives on Waterford during the Irish Revolution.

Subject

• Civil War (Ireland : 1922-1923)
• 1900 - 1999
• Home rule > Ireland > History > 20th century
• Home rule
• Waterford (Ireland) > History > 20th century
• Ireland > History > Civil War, 1922-1923
• Ireland
• Ireland > Waterford

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

'The coming prosperity': Waterford in 1912 -- 'We have fought and we have won': Waterford and home rule, 1912-1914 -- 'Waterford had done its duty magnificently': war, rebellion and Waterford, 1914-16 -- 'An oasis in the political desert of Ireland': the resistible rise of Sinn Fein, 1916-18 -- 'Waterford had not done much'?: the War of Independence, 1919-21 -- 'I cannot shake off a dread premonition': truce and gun-running, July-December 1921 -- 'My constituents suggested...ratification': from Treaty to civil war, December 1921- June 1922 -- 'We strove ...to keep a few peaceful things going': Civil War and social strife, July 1922-December 1923 -- 'Ireland shall get her freedom and you still break stone': Waterford in 1923.

ISBN

• 9781846824098 (hbk.)
• 1846824095 (hbk.)
• 1846824109 (pbk.)
• 9781846824104 (pbk.)

OCLC

896855440

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library