Revolutionary Ireland, 1912-25
By: Robert Lynch
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781441157041; 9781441158383; 9781441186898; 9781441168610
Subjects: History; British; Political violence; Irish question; Irish Republican Army
Description: Revolutionary Ireland, 1912-25 analyses the main events in Ireland from the initial crisis over the Third Home Rule Bill in 1912 to the consolidation of partition Ulster with the settling of the boundary issue in 1925. Written with particular reference to the needs of students in further and higher education, each chapter contains an easy to follow narrative, guides to key reading on the topic, sample essay and examination questions and links to web resources. The main text is supported by an appendix of contemporary sources and a range of additional information including a chronology of significant events, maps, a glossary of key terms and an extensive bibliography. This comprehensive text will allow students to get to grips with this turbulent and fascinating period of modern Irish history
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-174) and index.
Table of contents: title: Background to the revolution; title: The Ulster crisis, 1910-1914; title: The Easter Rising, 1916; title: The rise of Sinn Fein, 1916-1918; title: The War of Independence, 1919-1921; title: Truce and treaty; title: The establishment of Northern Ireland, 1920-1925; title: The Irish Civil War, 1922-1923.