Unlikely Rebels: the Gifford Girls: The Gifford Girls

by Clare, Anne

• ISBN13: 9781856357128
• ISBN10: 1856357120
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-20
• Publisher: Dufour Editions

Summary

Tells the stories of the Gifford sisters, who became heavily involved in the Irish Republican movemant.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 7
Forebears	p. 13
The Gifford Parents	p. 18
Victorian Childhood	p. 30
Growing Up	p. 48
Into the World	p. 64
Reviving an Old Culture	p. 76
The Mighty Pen	p. 83
Darker Dublin	p. 92
Introductions	p. 104
A Question of Guns	p. 116
Enter Cupid Bearing Arrows	p. 121
Nellie's Burra	p. 126
Her Exiled Gifford Children	p. 132
Romance and Rebellion	p. 144
An Uneasy City	p. 150
In the Garrisons	p. 156
Surrender	p. 166
Sixteen Funerals and a Wedding	p. 171
Frongoch	p. 185
Immediate Aftermath	p. 190
The Giffords Confront the Vigilantes … and Clan na Gael	p. 206
The War of Independence	p. 216
The Treaty and its Bitter Fruit	p. 225
Picking Up the Pieces	p. 242
The New State Remembers … and Forgets	p. 250
Grace's Restless Years	p. 261
A State of Emergency	p. 272
For Whom the Bells Toll	p. 278
Their Entrances and Exits	p. 288
Notes	p. 298
Acknowledgements	p. 310
Index	p. 312
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