num_pages: 208
description: [MacSwiney, Mary] Fallon, Charlotte H. Soul of Fire. A Biography of Mary MacSwiney. Cork/ Dublin, The Mercier Press, 1986. 20.2cm x 14cm. 207 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Includes for From Suffragist to Nationalist/ Martyrdoms, 1916-1920/ The First American Tour/ The Civil War Years/ The Decline of Sinn Fein, 1924-1927/ The Battle for Republicanism, Sinn Fein versus Fianna Fail/ Solitude in Intransigence etc. MacSwiney's political career as a dontrinaire Republican brought her into conflict with the Catholic Church, the Free State Government against whom she waged two lengthy hunger strikes, those moderates within Ireland who believed in the 'stepping stone' approach to Independence, and Eamon de Valera who she believed had foresaken the principles of 1916. Her life provides information about women's issues in Ireland, Irish-American relations as she made two extensive fund raising tours of the United States, Irish Nationalism, the splintering of the Republican Movement, the rise of Irish Republican militancy, and the pervasive role of the Catholic Church in politics as well as in the rest of society.
language: English
title: Soul of Fire
titlecomplete: Soul of Fire
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Irish Books & Medi