The Irish War of IndependenceMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 20 nov 2002 - 400 pagine The war was prosecuted ruthlessly by the Irish Republican Army which, paralleling the political efforts of Sinn Féin, hoped to break Britain's will to rule Ireland and create an independent Irish republic. The British retaliated by introducing two new irregular forces into Ireland, the Black and Tans and the Auxiliaries. Fighting took place principally in counties Cork, Limerick, Tipperary, Monaghan, Armagh, Clare, Kerry, and Longford. It was sporadic but vicious, with fewer than 2,000 IRA volunteers facing over 50,000 crown forces. The IRA depended upon energetic local leaders -- where there were none, there was little fighting. |
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... never been less than generous . Michael MacEvilly , Seán O'Mahony , Eamonn Gaynor and Meda Ryan have supplied valuable comments on the chapters on local areas . Michael MacEvilly , Tim Pat Coogan , Diarmuid O'Connor , Jim Fleming , Liam ...
... never been less than generous . Michael MacEvilly , Seán O'Mahony , Eamonn Gaynor and Meda Ryan have supplied valuable comments on the chapters on local areas . Michael MacEvilly , Tim Pat Coogan , Diarmuid O'Connor , Jim Fleming , Liam ...
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... never put to the test . It was British coercion , and par- ticularly the reprisals from the summer of 1920 , that transformed popular atti- tudes . The same people who had deep reservations about the IRA and its methods in 1920-21 later ...
... never put to the test . It was British coercion , and par- ticularly the reprisals from the summer of 1920 , that transformed popular atti- tudes . The same people who had deep reservations about the IRA and its methods in 1920-21 later ...
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... never exhibited by any British government . The traditional British skill of compromise leading to con- sensus could not be made to apply to Ireland where a radical reassessment was called for in government , society and economy ...
... never exhibited by any British government . The traditional British skill of compromise leading to con- sensus could not be made to apply to Ireland where a radical reassessment was called for in government , society and economy ...
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... never to be effectively countered by the IPP . The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA ) was the most popular of all , appeal- ing particularly to the young and soon the object of a clash between the IRB and the Catholic Church for its ...
... never to be effectively countered by the IPP . The Gaelic Athletic Association ( GAA ) was the most popular of all , appeal- ing particularly to the young and soon the object of a clash between the IRB and the Catholic Church for its ...
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... never to recover from the loss of the intellectual and charismatic leadership of James Connolly . The Rising also produced a good deal of recrimination within the nationalist ranks . Many , notably Éamon de Valera and Cathal Brugha ...
... never to recover from the loss of the intellectual and charismatic leadership of James Connolly . The Rising also produced a good deal of recrimination within the nationalist ranks . Many , notably Éamon de Valera and Cathal Brugha ...
Sommario
BEGINNING | 23 |
APOGEE | 67 |
CONSEQUENCES | 151 |
Conclusion | 198 |
Appendices | 204 |
Notes | 217 |
Bibliography | 245 |
Index | 257 |
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