The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916–1923

by Michael Laffan

• ISBN13: 9780521650731
• ISBN10: 0521650739
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Between 1916 and 1923 Ireland experienced a political as well as a military revolution. This book examines how--after the Easter Rising of 1916--radical revolutionaries formed a precarious coalition with (relatively) moderate politicians. The new Sinn Féin party routed its enemies, cooperated uneasily with the underground Irish government, and achieved most of its objectives before disintegrating in 1922. Its rapid collapse should not distract from its achievements--in particular its role in "democratizing" the Irish revolution--while its successors since have dominated the political life of independent Ireland.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	viii
List of figures and tables	x
Preface	xi
Note on the text	xiv
List of abbreviations	xv
Prologue: before the Easter Rising
Irish nationalists: politicians and rebels	3	(40)
The Irish Revolution, 1916-1923
Rebellion and hibernation, 1916	43	(34)
Organizers and converts, 1917	77	(45)
Reverses and victory, 1918	122	(47)
The party: structures and members	169	(45)
Policy: beliefs and attitudes	214	(52)
War and repression, 1919-1921	266	(38)
Ministers and bureaucrats, 1919-1921	304	(42)
The treaty and the split, 1921-1922	346	(40)
The Pact election and the Civil War, 1922-1923	386	(47)
Epilogue: After the Civil War
Irish republicans: fundamentalists and compromisers	433	(33)
Select bibliography	466	(25)
Index	491