The IRA in Britain, 1919-1923 : 'in the heart of enemy lines'

The Resource The IRA in Britain, 1919-1923 : 'in the heart of enemy lines'

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The IRA in Britain, 1919-1923 : 'in the heart of enemy lines'

Title remainder

'in the heart of enemy lines'

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Gerard Noonan

Language

eng

Summary

Based on archival sources and memoirs, traces the history of the Irish Volunteers in Britain beginning with their establishment in 1914, highlighting the role played by participants outside of Ireland during the revolution
Between 1919 and 1923, Ireland was engulfed by violence as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) fought a guerrilla campaign against the British state and later against fellow Irishmen and women in pursuit of an Irish Republic. Police barracks and government offices were attacked and burned, soldiers and policemen were killed and the economic and social life of the country was dislocated. Britain itself was a theater in the war too. 'In the heart of enemy lines', as one IRA leader put it, cities such as London, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Glasgow and their environs saw the establishment of IRA companies, Irish Republican Brotherhood circles, Cumann na mBan branches and Na Fianna Eireann troops. Composed of Irish emigrants and the descendants of emigrants, these organizations worked to help their comrades across the Irish Sea. Their most important activity was gunrunning, acquiring and smuggling weapons to Ireland. In November 1920, they launched a campaign of violence. Meanwhile, mass-membership organisations such as the Irish Self-Determination League of Great Britain and Sinn Fein sought to persuade the British public of Ireland's right to independence. Republican leaders such as Michael Collins, Rory O'Connor and Liam Mellows took a keen interest in these exploits. Making extensive use of archival resources and memoirs, The IRA in Britain is the first book to study this little-known aspect of the Irish revolutionary period. Tracing the history of the Irish Volunteers in Britain from their establishment in 1914 and participation in the Easter Rising two years later, through the weapons-smuggling activities and violent operations of the war of independence to the bitter divisions of the civil war and the response of the authorities, The IRA in Britain highlights the important role played by those outside of Ireland in the Revolution

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UKMGB

Dewey number

941.50821

Illustrations

illustrations
maps

Index

index present

LC call number

DA964.G7

LC item number

N66 2014

Literary form

non fiction

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bibliography

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