Last Voices of the Irish Revolution

Tom Hurley

• Éditeur: Gill Books
• Année: 2023
• ISBN:
  9780717199792
• Sujet: History
• Sous-sujet: European History

The Irish Civil War ended in 1923. Eighty years on, documentary-maker Tom Hurley wondered if there were many civilians and combatants left from across Ireland who had experienced the years 1919 to 1923, their prelude and their aftermath. What memories had they, what were their stories and how did they reflect on those turbulent times?In early 2003, he recorded the experiences of 18 people, conducting 2 further interviews abroad in 2004. Tom spoke to a cross section (Catholic, Protestant, Unionist and Nationalist) who were in their teens or early twenties during the civil war. The chronological approach he has taken spans 50 years, beginning with the oldest interviewee's birth in 1899 and ending when the Free State became a republic in 1949.Last Voices of the Irish Revolution.

Table des matières

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction
• Interview details
• Chronology of events
• Chapter 1: Born into history, February 1899 – September 1912
• Chapter 2: Conflict at home and abroad, January 1913 – December 1918
• Chapter 3: Striking for freedom, 1919
• Chapter 4: A call to arms, 1920
• Chapter 5: Fighting and talking, January – July 1921
• Chapter 6: An uneasy peace, July 1921 – June 1922
• Chapter 7: A terrible war, June 1922 – May 1923
• Chapter 8: Picking up the pieces, May 1923 – April 1949
• Chapter 9: The interviewees
• Endnotes
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• Copyright
• About the Author
• About Gill Books