Irish Political Prisoners 1848–1922
Theatres of War
Price: $80.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-37866-6
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 27th June 2005
- Pages: 832
About the Book
This is the most wide-ranging study ever published of political violence and the punishment of Irish political offenders from 1848 to the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922. Those who chose violence to advance their Irish nationalist beliefs ranged from gentlemen revolutionaries to those who openly embraced terrorism or even full-scale guerilla war.Seán McConville provides a comprehensive survey of Irish revolutionary struggle, matching chapters on punishment of offenders with descriptions and analysis of their campaigns. Government's response to political violence was determined by a number of factors, including not only the nature of the offences but also interest and support from the United States and Australia, as well as current objectives of Irish policy.
Reviews
"[A] scholarly and immensely readable account of three-quarters of a century of British experience of Irishmen - and very occasionally women - in their prisons."- Dr Garret FitzGerald, The Guardian"Sean McConville graphically recounts both sides of this story - and does so with an even-handedness and objectivity that must command the respect of all his readers, whatever side of the Irish Sea they may be on." - Dr Garret FitzGerald, The Guardian
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. The Young Irelanders 2. Gentlemen Convicts 3. The Fenians: A Dream of Revolution 4. The Fenians in Prison 5. Amnesty: Gladstone Takes a Chance 6. The Convict Michael Davitt 7. The Dynamitards 8. The Dynamitards in Prison 9. The Easter Rising 10. Internment: A Training Camp in Wales 11. Imprisonment: War by Other Means 12. Roger Casement: A Question of Honour 13. Sinn Féin, 1917–19 14. 'Frightfulness': Ireland, 1919–22 15. Bang and Whimper, 1919–22