Irish political prisoners, 1848-1922 : theatres of war

This is the most wide-ranging study ever published of political violence and the punishment of Irish political offenders from 1848 to the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922. Those who chose violence to advance their Irish nationalist beliefs ranged from gentlemen revolutionaries to those who openly embraced terrorism or even full-scale guerilla war. Sean McConville provides a comprehensive survey of Irish revolutionary struggle, matching chapters on punishment of offenders with descriptions and analysis of their campaigns. Government's response to political violence was determined by a number of factors, including not only the nature of the offences but also interest and support from the United States and Australia, as well as current objectives of Irish policy. BOOK COVER......Page 1 TITLE......Page 4 COPYRIGHT......Page 5 CONTENTS......Page 8 Acknowledgements......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 12 Introduction......Page 14 1 The Young Irelanders......Page 25 2 Gentlemen convicts......Page 58 3 The Fenians: a dream of revolution......Page 120 4 The Fenians in prison......Page 153 5 Amnesty: Gladstone takes a chance......Page 227 6 The convict Michael Davitt......Page 289 7 The dynamitards......Page 339 8 The dynamitards in prison......Page 374 9 The Easter rising......Page 418 10 Internment: a training camp in Wales......Page 463 11 Imprisonment: war by other means......Page 522 12 Roger Casement: a question of honour......Page 567 13 Sinn Féin, 1917–19......Page 619 14 ‘Frightfulness’: Ireland, 1919–22......Page 666 15 Bang and whimper, 1919–22......Page 718 Bibliography......Page 782 Index......Page 804 This is the most wide-ranging study ever published of political violence and the punishment of Irish political offenders from 1848 to the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922. Those who chose violence to advance their Irish nationalist beliefs ranged from gentlemen revolutionaries to those who openly embraced terrorism or even full-scale guerilla war.
Seán McConville provides a comprehensive survey of Irish revolutionary struggle, matching chapters on punishment of offenders with descriptions and analysis of their campaigns. Government's response to political violence was determined by a number of factors, including not only the nature of the offences but also interest and support from the United States and Australia, as well as current objectives of Irish policy. The most wide-ranging study ever published of political violence and the punishment of Irish political prisoners from 1848 to the founding of the Irish Free State in 1922. No Irishman in 1845, at home or abroad, was held in greater esteem than Danie O'Connell.