Spike Island's Republican Prisoners, 1921
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Spike Island's Republican Prisoners, 1921

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
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Spike Island's Republican Prisoners, 1921

About this book

In 1921, during the Irish War of Independence, the fort on Spike Island in County Cork was the largest British-military-run prison for Republican prisoners and internees in the Martial Law area, housing almost 1, 400 men from Munster and south Leinster. Tom O'Neill has compiled an outstanding record of these men, using primary-source material from Irish Military Archives, British Army records, and prisoner and internee autograph books. This book includes details of arrests, charges, trials, convictions, sentences and transfers of the Republicans held on Spike Island.

From the establishment of the military prison in 1921, to the escapes, hunger strikes and riots, as well as the fatal shooting by sentries of two internees that took place there, Spike Island's Republican Prisoners, 1921 is the first comprehensive history of individuals and events on the island during the Irish War of Independence.

Spike Island is now a world-class tourist attraction.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. List of Abbreviations
  7. 1 The Breakdown of Civil Law
  8. 2 The IRA in the Martial Law Area
  9. 3 The British Army in the Martial Law Area
  10. 4 The Military Trials and Imprisonment of Civilians
  11. 5 The Prisons and Internment Camps in the Martial Law Area
  12. 6 The Military Prison in the Field, Spike Island, 1921
  13. 7 The Prison Routine on Spike Island
  14. 8 The Escape of Three Prisoners
  15. 9 The Fatal Shooting of Capt. Patrick White
  16. 10 Hunger Strikes and Riots
  17. 11 The Escape of Seven Internees
  18. 12 The Closing of the Military Prison in the Field
  19. Conclusion
  20. List of Republican Prisoners on Spike Island
  21. List of Internees on Spike Island
  22. List of Appendices
  23. Primary Source Material
  24. Bibliography
  25. Picture Sections