Walled in by Hate
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Walled in by Hate

Kevin O'Higgins, His Friends and Enemies

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Walled in by Hate

Kevin O'Higgins, His Friends and Enemies

About this book

In July 1927, at just thirty-five years old, Kevin O'Higgins was assassinated on his way to Mass in Booterstown, Co. Dublin. A reviled figure for anti-Treaty republicans, O'Higgins became the target of particular venom for his vocal support of the Free State government's execution policy during the Civil War, which saw seventy-seven IRA men die before firing squads, including the best man at his wedding, Rory O'Connor.In Walled in By Hate, Arthur Mathews examines not just the life and death of O'Higgins, focusing on that most acrimonious time in his life, but also those of his contemporaries, such as O'Connor and Erskine Childers, who shaped the course of events around him. He also delves deep into O'Higgins's relationships with the women around him and chronicles the reactions of the men who killed him, subjects that, until now, have remained largely unexplored.One of the most compelling characters to have emerged from the conflict, and still the target of vitriol today, the tragic story of Kevin O'Higgins encapsulates the bitter divisions of a time in Irish history that continue to echo in today's Ireland.

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Information

Publisher
Merrion Press
Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781785375101
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Author bio
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Prologue
  9. 1. 7 and 8 December 1922
  10. 2. The Fun of the Fight
  11. 3. Birdie
  12. 4. ‘Splendid News for Ireland’
  13. 5. The Furies
  14. 6. Rory
  15. 7. Easily Scared Out
  16. 8. The Lady
  17. 9. Wreckers
  18. 10. The Crunch
  19. 11. Filling the Gap
  20. 12. Strained to Snapping Point
  21. 13. ‘One of the Noblest Men I Have Ever Known’
  22. 14. Strangers and Exiles
  23. 15. ‘Don’t Shoot My Father!’
  24. 16. ‘We Will Get Them Eventually’
  25. 17. Killed and Captured
  26. 18. The Calm of Exhaustion
  27. 19. Interval
  28. 20. Hazel
  29. 21. 10 July 1927
  30. 22. Suspects
  31. 23. Mrs O’Higgins
  32. 24. Wasteland of Dreams
  33. 25. The Old Men
  34. 26. Assassins
  35. 27. ‘A Radical Streak and an Open Heart’
  36. Select References
  37. Bibliography
  38. Acknowledgements
  39. Index
  40. Picture Section