DOCSLIB.ORG

Ireland and the Great War

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Ireland and the Great War Ireland and the Great War Paul O'Brien After the flag waving and pageants that the first day of the Battle of the Somme the Irish state indulged in to celebrate the in July 1916 almost 60,000 British soldiers centenary of 1913 Lockout, the first in a were killed, wounded or taken prisoner. By decade-long series of centenaries, the hun- the end of the Somme offensive in Septem- dredth anniversary of World War I is upon ber over one million men had perished and us. Each centenary is celebrated in isola- the front line had been pushed forward by tion, in effect to depoliticise these events five miles. The 36th Ulster division was and present them as a historical theme one of the hardest hit; it suffered over 5100 park where the great and the good are casualties with approximately 2100 dead. wheeled out to reflect on the past as if it has no consequences for today. If we are to heed the Irish media it seems that having a grandfather or rel- ative who fought, or preferably died, in the Great War of 1914-18 is the latest must-have fashion accessory for the read- ers of the Irish Times and the Irish Inde- pendent. In these features the poems of Francis Ledwidge and Tom Kettle are in- Farmers of Ireland, Join up & defend your possesions voked to present the heroic sacrifice of the 200,000 who answered the call to arms and the 50,000 who died that Catholic Belgium Origins might be saved from the `Hun'. If `saving Balgium' did not entice young men to en- The debate over the origins of the war is as list then self interest was tried - one poster old as the war itself. Even before the first enjoined the farmers of Ireland to `join up shots were fired Europe's imperial lead- and defend your possessions'1. The reality ers were constructing narratives depicting for those who enlisted was appalling. This their opponents as barbarians and war- was killing on an industrial scale. Half of mongers. The debate has produced a liter- the men who died have no known grave. ature of unrivalled size with at least 30,000 High explosive shells turned many of the articles in English alone on the subject. dead into dust. Even the term commem- This was the age of imperialism when the oration is an injustice to what happened great empires clashed in the rush to ex- - the First World War was a catastrophe pand and dominate in Africa, the Middle and the losses so horrendous that it over- East, and the Baltic. It was inevitable that shadows in our memory the losses of World these clashes would eventually lead to war. War II. The invention of the machine gun A series of crises had raised tensions be- made a mockery of the concept of tens of tween the major European powers in the thousands of soldiers charging the enemy decades leading up to the war; the Moroc- lines as if in a re-enactment of the Bat- can crisis of 1905, the Bosnian annexation tle of Waterloo a hundred years later. On in 1908, the Baltic wars of 1912 and 1913 1 http://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/1011-ireland-and-the-great-war/ 13 - anyone of these could have pushed the listed in 1914, 45,000 followed in 1915, but imperialist powers into war. In addition this dropped to 19,000 in 1916 and 14,000 internal crises resulting from the rise in in 1917. The 1918 figure has been given as working class militancy, nationalist move- between 11,000 and 15,000. The recruit- ments looking for independence, and the ment rate in Ulster matched that of Britain suffragette movement had created tensions itself, while that of Leinster and Munster in the heartlands of the major European were about two thirds of the British rate of powers. recruitment, while Connacht lagged even The Great War killed at least ten mil- further behind them in the number of vol- lion young men, and wounded at least unteers who joined up. Several factors con- twenty million more. It destroyed four tributed to the decline in recruitment after empires; the Russian, the German, the 1916. One was the heavy casualties suf- Austro-Hungarian, and the Ottoman. It fered by Irish units in the war. The 10th paved the way for the Russian Revolu- Irish Division suffered very heavy losses at tion of 1917 and changed the course of Gallipoli in 1915, while the 16th and 36th Irish history. It was, as the historian Fritz Divisions were shattered at the Battle of Stern put it, `the first calamity of the 20th the Somme in 1916. The Munster Reg- century from which all other calamities iment and Irish Guards' experience was sprang'.2 But this inconvenient truth of typical of the decimation of the British Irish participation in the Great War was Army in the campaigns of 1914 in France not acceptable to the rapidly developing and Belgium. By the end of 1914, those nationalist narrative of the late 1920s. The regiments deployed in the original British historian Roy Forster has suggested that Expeditionary Force had been shattered by the First World War `should be seen as one very heavy casualties. On average, in each of the most decisive events in modern Irish battalion of 1,000 men, only one officer and history'3. Here, Foster is only partially 30 men remained unscathed. correct, the political trajectory in Ireland A second important factor was the would have led to clash with Britain with Catholic Church's condemnation of the or without the Great War. But Foster is war in July 1915. The Pope Benedict XV right to suggest that the amnesia that has issued an encyclical calling on all powers to affected Ireland on the issue of the war end the war and come to an agreement. As needs to be corrected. a result, the Irish Catholic bishops publicly A total of 206,000 Irishmen served in called on Redmond and the Irish Parlia- the British forces during the war. Of these, mentary Party to withdraw Irish support 58,000 were already enlisted in the British for the war. Also, it appears that Irish Army or Navy before the war broke out. troops in the British Army were treated Another 130,000 men were volunteers re- with particular harshness. They consti- cruited from Ireland for the duration of tuted just two per cent of the army, yet the war. Of these 24,000 originated from they were the recipients of eight per cent the National Volunteers mainly from the (271) of all death sentences imposed by south of Ireland and 26,000 joined from the court martial. Ulster Volunteers. The voluntary recruit- There are many reasons as to why op- ment figures for Ireland were: 44,000 en- position to the war hardened in Ireland. 2Quoted in `The First Calamity', London Review of Books, 29 August 2013, p. 3 3Roy Foster, quoted in Ireland in the 20th Century, Charles Townsend, (Hodder Arnold, London, 1999), p. 68. 14 The Easter 1916 Rising in Ireland and in tion and incipient militancy of Irish work- particular the suppression of the rebellion ers. The British Officer class in Ireland and the execution of the leaders of the had effectively mutinied in March 1914 on Rising changed the political atmosphere in the issue of whether they would obey or- Ireland leading to the rise of Sinn Fein, the ders to suppress armed resistance to Home virtual destruction of the old Irish Parlia- Rule by the Ulster Unionists. The country mentary Party, and a dramatic fall in sup- was awash with arms; three civilian armies port for the war. The remarks attributed were drilling and armed, and as the sun set to National Volunteer and poet, Francis over the last day of July 1914 it appeared Ledwidge, who was to die in the Third bat- that the rival parties were on a collision tle of Ypres in 1917, perhaps best exem- course. plifies the changing Irish nationalist senti- The Third Home Rule Act was placed ment towards enlisting, the War, and to on the statute books with Royal Assent on the Germans and British. `I joined the 18 September 1914. However, the oper- British Army because she stood between ation of this Bill was, suspended for the Ireland and an enemy of civilisation and I duration of the war. Moreover it was re- would not have her say that she defended sisted fiercely by Unionists, concentrated us while we did nothing but pass resolu- in Ulster. In 1913, they had formed an tions'. In the aftermath of the 1916 Rising armed militia, the Ulster Volunteers, to and the execution of the leaders he said: `If resist the implementation of Home Rule someone were to tell me now that the Ger- or to exclude Ulster itself from the settle- mans were coming in over our back wall, I ment. Nationalists in response formed a wouldn't lift a finger to stop them. They rival militia, the Irish Volunteers, to de- could come!'4 fend the constitutional rights of the Irish people, and to put pressure on Britain to The War in Ireland keep its promise of Home Rule. Conflict between the two armed groups looked pos- In the decade before the war the United sible in the early months of 1914. How- Kingdom experienced a series of crises ever, the outbreak of the war on 4 August that were almost unprecedented in modern engulfed Britain in a crisis that dwarfed times around the struggle for constitution its problems in Ireland.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Download a PDF of an Chéad Dáil Éireann Commemorative
    Eisithe ag Teachtaí Dála agus Seanadóir Shinn Féin, Eanáir 2009 (0612) Untitled-2 1 15/01/2009 12:47:17 Teachtaireacht ó Ionadaithe Shinn Féin san Oireachtas Message from Sinn Féin Members of the Oireachtas Is onóir dúinn mar ionadaithe tofa Shinn Féin san Oireachtas Had the British government then abided by the an foilseachán seo a chur ar fáil mar chomóradh ar an gCéad democratically expressed will of the Irish people, Ireland Dáil Éireann. and Britain would have been spared many decades of strife and suffering. Instead Dáil Éireann was suppressed. War was Ar an 21ú lá Eanáir 1919 d’fhoilsigh Dáil Éireann an Faisnéis waged on the Irish people. Partition was imposed and we Neamhspleachais, an Teachtaireacht chun Saor-Náisiúin an are still living with the legacy today. Domhain agus an Clár Oibre Daonlathach. Tá na cáipéisí sin curtha ar fáil arís againn agus molaimid iad mar treoir do But we also have the rich legacy of Dáil Éireann, the phobal na hÉireann i 2009. constituent assembly of the Irish Republic. It met for the first time on 21 January 1919 in Dublin’s Mansion House. January 2009 marks the 90th anniversary of the inaugural It issued a Declaration of Independence and a Message to meeting of the First Dáil Éireann and, as Sinn Féin the Free Nations of the World. It set out social and economic representatives in the Oireachtas, we are proud to make goals based on equality in its Democratic Programme. It available this commemorative publication. formed a Government that included one of the first women Ministers in the world.
    [Show full text]
  • The Great War in Irish Poetry
    Durham E-Theses Creation from conict: The Great War in Irish poetry Brearton, Frances Elizabeth How to cite: Brearton, Frances Elizabeth (1998) Creation from conict: The Great War in Irish poetry, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/5042/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk Creation from Conflict: The Great War in Irish Poetry The copyright of this thesis rests with the author. No quotation from it should be published without the written consent of the author and information derived from it should be acknowledged. Frances Elizabeth Brearton Thesis submitted for the degree of Ph.D Department of English Studies University of Durham January 1998 12 HAY 1998 ABSTRACT This thesis explores the impact of the First World War on the imaginations of six poets - W.B.
    [Show full text]
  • The Volunteers in Kilkenny 1914 to 1916
    1 The Volunteers in Kilkenny 1914 to 1916 On Sunday November 23rd 1913, the Annual Manchester Martyrs Commemoration was held in Kilkenny to commemorate three Fenians hanged in 1867. There was a procession from The Parade to St. Patrick’s Cemetery, with members of clubs and societies in the City, and three bands: St. Patrick’s Brass and Reed Band, St. Rioch’s Fife and Drum Band, and the Kilkenny Warpipers’ Band. An oration was delivered in The Assembly Room of the Town Hall by Bulmer Hobson. He laid out for his audience the arguments advanced by Eoin Mac Néill for setting up a volunteer force. Home Rule was being prevented by the Ulster Volunteers and the Irish People were being pushed to the wall because they were not armed. On Tuesday of that week, there was going to be a monster meeting of the citizens of Dublin to form National Volunteers to work and, if necessary, fight for Home Rule. As he had predicted the meeting packed the Rotunda Rink, with four thousand inside and thousands more outside. The date was November 25th 1913. It was March 5th 1914 before a meeting in the City Hall Kilkenny decided to set up a local Volunteer Movement. The speakers were Thomas McDonagh and Sir Roger Casement. McDonagh, in his speech referred to his time teaching in Kilkenny. “Twelve years ago he came to Kilkenny and it was in the National Spirit of this town that he first learned what it was to feel the patriotism of an Irishman.” Local IRB members had got instructions from Dublin to capture as many positions as possible in the local volunteer organisation.
    [Show full text]
  • Claremen & Women in the Great War 1914-1918
    Claremen & Women in The Great War 1914-1918 The following gives some of the Armies, Regiments and Corps that Claremen fought with in WW1, the battles and events they died in, those who became POW’s, those who had shell shock, some brothers who died, those shot at dawn, Clare politicians in WW1, Claremen courtmartialled, and the awards and medals won by Claremen and women. The people named below are those who partook in WW1 from Clare. They include those who died and those who survived. The names were mainly taken from the following records, books, websites and people: Peadar McNamara (PMcN), Keir McNamara, Tom Burnell’s Book ‘The Clare War Dead’ (TB), The In Flanders website, ‘The Men from North Clare’ Guss O’Halloran, findagrave website, ancestry.com, fold3.com, North Clare Soldiers in WW1 Website NCS, Joe O’Muircheartaigh, Brian Honan, Kilrush Men engaged in WW1 Website (KM), Dolores Murrihy, Eric Shaw, Claremen/Women who served in the Australian Imperial Forces during World War 1(AI), Claremen who served in the Canadian Forces in World War 1 (CI), British Army WWI Pension Records for Claremen in service. (Clare Library), Sharon Carberry, ‘Clare and the Great War’ by Joe Power, The Story of the RMF 1914-1918 by Martin Staunton, Booklet on Kilnasoolagh Church Newmarket on Fergus, Eddie Lough, Commonwealth War Grave Commission Burials in County Clare Graveyards (Clare Library), Mapping our Anzacs Website (MA), Kilkee Civic Trust KCT, Paddy Waldron, Daniel McCarthy’s Book ‘Ireland’s Banner County’ (DMC), The Clare Journal (CJ), The Saturday Record (SR), The Clare Champion, The Clare People, Charles E Glynn’s List of Kilrush Men in the Great War (C E Glynn), The nd 2 Munsters in France HS Jervis, The ‘History of the Royal Munster Fusiliers 1861 to 1922’ by Captain S.
    [Show full text]
  • The War Poet - Francis Ledwidge
    Volume XXXIX, No. 7 • September (Fómhair), 2013 The War Poet - Francis Ledwidge .........................................................................................................On my wall sits a batik by my old Frank fell in love with Ellie Vaughey, one looked at familiar things seen thus for friend, Donegal artist Fintan Gogarty, with the sister of his friend, Paddy. Of her, he the first time. I wrote to him greeting him a mountain and lake scene. Inset in the would write, as a true poet, which indeed he was . .” piece is a poem, “Ardan Mor.” The poem “I wait the calling of the orchard maid, Frank was also involved in the arts in reads, Only I feel that she will come in blue, both Dublin and Slane. He was involved As I was climbing Ardan Mór With yellow on her hair, and two curls in many aspects of the local community From the shore of Sheelin lake, strayed and was a natural leader and innovator. He I met the herons coming down Out of her comb's loose stocks, and I founded the Slane Drama Group in which Before the water’s wake. shall steal he was actor and producer. And they were talking in their flight Behind and lay my hands upon her eyes.” In 1913, Ledwidge would form a branch Of dreamy ways the herons go At the same time, the poetry muse of the Irish Volunteers, or Óglaigh na When all the hills are withered up encompassed the being of young Frank. hÉireann. The Volunteers included members Nor any waters flow. He would write poems constantly, and in of the Gaelic League, Ancient Order of The words are by Francis Ledwidge, an 1912, mailed a number of them to Lord Hibernians and Sinn Féin, as well as mem- Irish poet.
    [Show full text]
  • Remembering Together by NICK LYNE Senior Staff Writer, FIRST
    IRELAND Remembering together BY NICK LYNE SENIOR STAFF WRITER, FIRST his year marks the 100th anniversary of the Irish dead of the First World War. Mrs McAleese Remembering the start of the First World War, and has worked tirelessly over the last two decades to use the the British government has said that Irish memory of the First World War as a way to find the First commemorations over the next four years common ground, and thus common feeling, between willT reflect the fact that some 200,000 Irish soldiers nationalists and unionists in Northern Ireland. In this World War participated in the conflict, of whom at least 30,000 context, Mrs McAleese and the Queen had already never returned home. appeared together in public at the opening of the cross- has obliged The commemoration will build on tributes dating community Island of Ireland Peace Tower at Messines in back to 1996 that have provided the occasion for further Belgium in 1998. The park, the brainchild of two retired the Irish to reconciliation between Britain and Ireland, as well as politicians, Glen Barr from Northern Ireland and Paddy between the different communities within Ireland. Harte from the Republic of Ireland, is to promote peace reaccess During her historic visit to Ireland in 2011, Queen in Ireland by commemorating the men and women Elizabeth laid wreathes at the Garden of Remembrance from the Island of Ireland who lost their lives during the how the war in Parnell Square in Dublin and the National War First World War. The park is divided into four sections Memorial at Islandbridge on May 18.
    [Show full text]
  • Archipelagic Poetry of the First World War David Goldie for Well Over A
    Archipelagic Poetry of the First World War David Goldie For well over a century before the First World War, the British Army had played a significant role in cementing the Union of Great Britain and Ireland, offering escape, a way out of poverty, or the opportunity of adventure for young men from the impoverished regions and smaller nations of the United Kingdom. Scots and Irish soldiers in particular were mainstays of the Victorian army, at times almost outnumbering English soldiers in the ranks. In the twenty years leading up to the war many of the military’s decision-makers had significant Irish or Scottish connections. Several Commanders-in-Chief of the Army in this period, including Viscount Wolseley and Roberts, were Irish and another, Lord Kitchener, had been born in Ireland. The man responsible for building the modern army as the Secretary of State for War in the decade before the war, Viscount Haldane, was a Scot. The first commander of the British Expeditionary Force, Field Marshal Sir John French came from an old Anglo-Irish family and its second, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, was a Scot. A smattering of key generals, such as General Sir Ian Hamilton, who commanded the Dardanelles campaign, were Scots or Irish: of the five wartime Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff two, General Sir Charles Douglas and Lieutenant General Sir James Wolfe-Murray, were Anglo-Scots and another, General Sir Henry Wilson, was an Ulsterman. The Army before and during the war was, then, perhaps one of the most fully integrated structures of the British state, and one in which the dominant ruling-class English voice was strongly inflected by the diverse accents of its Celtic fringes.
    [Show full text]
  • Download in English +
    www.ucd.ie/centenaries 2 / UCD DECADE OF CENTENARIES 1912-1923 EVENTS TIMELINE / 3 Events Key UCD EVENT NATIONAL EVENT INTERNATIONAL EVENT UCD Commemorating the Decade of Centenaries 100 years ago, as the steps towards independence gathered momentum, many staff, students and graduates of University College Dublin played a pivotal role in the discourse and actions that took place. Today, University College Dublin continues to value the ethos of justice and equality, alongside a sense of cultural identity that shapes our thinking and prompts our debate. As a major holder of archives of national and international significance relating to the period 1912 to 1923, our vision for these commemorations is to inform national debate and understanding with an objective scholarly voice, in a manner that brings education and new perspectives to the fore. We will achieve this through public engagement, scholarly output and promotion of our rich archives. 1912 – 1923 events timeline was compiled by Dr Conor Mulvagh, Lecturer in Irish History with special responsibility for the Decade of Commemorations, UCD School of History & Archives and UCD History graduate Colm O’Flaherty and details the key events for the period, highlighting some of the rich resources available in UCD. Translation into Irish by Cathal Billings PhD, lecturer, UCD de Bhaldraithe Centre for Irish Language Scholarship, UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics. 4 / UCD DECADE OF CENTENARIES 1912-1923 EVENTS TIMELINE / 5 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1912 1st January 1912 11th April 1912 UCD EVENT NATIONAL EVENT THOMAS MACDONAGH HOME RULE BILL NEWLY APPOINTED INTRODUCED TO THE AT UCD HOUSE OF COMMONS After completing his MA, MacDonagh is appointed Assistant Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith introduces the Third Professor of English at the end of 1911.
    [Show full text]
  • The Jri^H Volunteers Delicacy of the Irish Party's Prevented the ' I R ^
    12 TH E IRISH VOLUNTFER. tosttor Kettle. e \ -M l'.; prafasagr Thomas cx-non.&immiasiciued officers at the regular MacOoaougb, of the National University, army, aad « tw « tlensiud W-soldiexs ere and Professor Eoin MncNelH, Vice-Presi­ drilling with the reenittg fa different pans dent of the Gaelic League. The extreme of the country, The Jri^h Volunteers delicacy of the Irish Party's prevented the ' i r ^ - . leaders from taking any part In the for­ NatJoaalftl Women's Auxiliary mation dI the Volunteers, Iwit they have, Movcment. never spoken against the movement, and the main body ot ijteir supporters in Ire land have enlisted In its ranks. Doth Pro­ The women have farmed an qinrfliaty fessor MacXetll and Mr Laurence J Kettle, movement, and among ttu prominewi From the Exile’s Pointof View the two secretaries of the organisation, ara ladies interested at* Miss Agnes O'Fstri-— devoted followers of Mr Redmond and the telly, M.A. ; Mrs T 11 Kettle, Mr* Psd- Irish Party. Mr kettle is the brother of raic Colum, Countess Mariicvica, Miss Prof. T M K ettle, and the eon of Mr. Gavan Duffy, and Mrs Wyse Power. The Lady Mayoress of Dublin sent a letter of The Irish Volunteer movement, unknown Andrew Kettle, the Land League veteran. support to tba IcBugut&l uiftticg. up to a few months ago, has of late as­ Garrison Means Unionism. Uolonel Moore, lately attached to head­ sumed gigantic proportions and has spread quarters staff, has seen service with the The word "garrison” in Ireland has like wildfire throughout the whole of the Connaught It auger a, and Is a scion of a Singers and 8e*r.^ come to be synonymous with Unionism.
    [Show full text]
  • Belgian Refugees, Prisoners-Of-War, Enemy Aliens and War Casualties
    ¿ .ö . I p National University of Ireland Maynooth THE IRISH HOME FRONT 1914-18 WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE TREATMENT OF BELGIAN REFUGEES, PRISONERS-OF-WAR, ENEMY ALIENS AND WAR CASUALTIES. by CLARE O’NEILL THESIS FOR THE DEGREE OF PH.D. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH Supervisor of Research: Dr Filipe Meneses October 2006 Contents Contents i Acknowledgements iii Abbreviations iv Introduction 1 Memory and remembrance 7 Wartime mobilisation 16 Purpose of the thesis and methodology 18 Chapter 1 - Ireland at the outbreak of war 24 Ireland within the Union 24 Home Rule 25 An Irish refugees support committee 30 Europe erupts 32 Local Government Board 35 Legislating for aliens 37 Laws concerning war wounded and prisoners of war 46 Chapter 2 - Belgian Refugees 52 The formation of the Belgian Refugees Committee in London 54 Belgian Refugees Committee in Ireland 57 The role of the Local Government Board 67 Michel Schepers - The director of Dunshaughlin colony 72 Education and the churches’ response 74 Belgian customs 79 Taking advantage of refugees 80 Recruitment 81 Reasons for supporting Belgian refugees 82 Refugees as Propaganda 83 Chapter 3 Captivity - ‘a side-show story’ 87 Self mobilisation - humanitarian support for aliens 91 Legislation 92 Detention of enemy aliens 94 Military prisoners 103 Departure from Templemore 106 Treatment of aliens 107 Self-interest 109 Case study 1 - Harry Premperl 110 Case Study 2 - Frederick Vogelsang 111 Chapter 4 - War Wounded 115 Transporting the wounded 132 Funding volunteer
    [Show full text]
  • The Irish Volunteers in North Co. Dublin, 1913-17
    Title The Irish Volunteers in north Co. Dublin, 1913-17 By Peter Francis Whearity SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MA IN LOCAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND MAYNOOTH Supervisor of research: Dr Terence A. Dooley December 2011 Contents Page Illustrations iii Abbreviations iv Acknowledgment v Map 1 specifically made for this study vi Map 2 Ordnance Survey of Ireland, Townland Index, for County Dublin vii Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The formation of the Irish Volunteer movement 10 Chapter 2 The National Volunteer movement 28 Chapter 3 The Redmondite-split and its aftermath 47 Chapter 4 The 1916 Rising in north County Dublin 68 Chapter 5 The aftermath of the Rising 88 Conclusion 111 Appendix 121 Bibliography 134 List of Tables Table 1 Irish Volunteer companies formed in north County Dublin up to 11 June 1914 27 Table 2 Irish national Volunteer companies formed after 11 June 1914 45 Table 3 National Volunteer companies at the time of the Redmondite-split 58 Table 4 County Dublin Volunteer membership figures for the period beginning July 1914, until Apr. 1916 67 Table 5 Places in north County Dublin from where arrested men came from after the Rising 90 i Table 6 Age profiles of north County Dublin men arrested after the Rising 92 Table 7 Marital status of north County Dublin men arrested after the 1916 Rising 93 Table 8 Occupational profiles of north County Dublin men arrested after the Rising 94 Table 9 Category A prisoners from north County Dublin after the Rising 96 Table 10 Category B prisoners from north County Dublin after the Rising 97 Table 11 Category C prisoners from north County Dublin after the Rising 98 Table 12 Classification of arrested north County Dublin men on R.I.C.
    [Show full text]
  • Gusty Spence Papers 1955-1998 MS.2013.008
    Gusty Spence Papers 1955-1998 MS.2013.008 http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3669 Archives and Manuscripts Department John J. Burns Library Boston College 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467 617-552-3282 [email protected] http://www.bc.edu/burns Table of Contents Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3 Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................4 Biographical note...........................................................................................................................................5 Scope and Contents note............................................................................................................................... 6 Arrangement note...........................................................................................................................................6 Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7 Series I: Correspondence........................................................................................................................7 Series II: Official documents..................................................................................................................7 Series III: Personal documents...............................................................................................................7
    [Show full text]