Comrades

by Ryan, Annie

• ISBN13: 9781905483143
• ISBN10: 1905483147
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-15
• Publisher: Liberties Pr

Summary

A unique perspective on the Irish War of Independence through official witness statements taken in the late 1940s and only released To The public in 2002.

Author Biography

Annie Ryan is a retired schoolteacher who is best known for her work championing the rights of people with mental handicap and mental health problems. Her campaigning in relation to the state mental hospital in Portrane gained her national prominence, and she ran in the 1997 general election as an independent candidate on a mental-health platform. Annie's father, Tom Harris, took part in the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence and was one of the witnesses interviewed in the 1940s.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Note on Military and Police Forces	p. 8
Foreword	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Executions and Deportations	p. 13
The Prisoners' Return	p. 19
Lining Up	p. 27
Political Action: The By-elections	p. 32
Loyalties Transformed, Identities Confirmed	p. 37
Michael Collins, the Castle and the Spies	p. 50
Sections, Companies, Battalions and Brigades	p. 59
Active Service	p. 66
The Rebel County	p. 79
Kerry	p. 89
The RIC, Ned Broy and Others	p. 100
The War in the West	p. 115
Establishing the Threads of Government	p. 126
Legal Adjustments	p. 136
At the Interface	p. 142
The Ulster Context	p. 151
The Truce in the Northern Context	p. 165
Conflicting Loyalties	p. 176
Meath and North Dublin	p. 183
Westmeath, Longford, Roscommon and the Offaly Area	p. 191
Kildare and Laois	p. 200
Carlow and Kilkenny	p. 207
Wexford and Wicklow	p. 214
Waterford	p. 221
The Testimony of the Women	p. 227
The Capital City	p. 244
In Retrospect	p. 258
Appendix: The Witnesses	p. 269
Suggested Further Reading	p. 279
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