Dublin

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

Brian Hughes

• Publisher: Four Courts Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781801512732
• Subtopic: Irish History
• Index: History

Dublin – capital of Ireland and, to some at least, the ' second city of the Empire' – was central to the Irish Revolution. But there were many different ' Dublins' , including the city borough and its suburban townships, picturesque seaside settlements and the Dublin and Wicklow mountains to the south, and a rural hinterland to the north and west. The city was a hub for the development of the suffrage and republican movements. It also witnessed the largest industrial dispute in the history of the island in 1913, the bulk of the fighting at Easter 1916, and some of the most famous (and infamous) moments of the War of Independence and Civil War. There was also a relatively large and well-organized unionist minority, chiefly centered around the southside townships. The north and west of the county, meanwhile, shared more in common with neighbouring counties than with the city. This book provides a rounded and original overview of revolution in both Dublin city and county. It highlights the sometimes vast differences in experience in urban and rural Dublin, and the wide range of political and military activity undertaken by Dubliners. In particular, the book focusses on ' ordinary' or rank-and-file participants alongside those who took no part at all but witnessed seminal – and not so seminal – moments in Irish history as they happened around them.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Information
• Title Page
• Copyrights
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Abbreviations
• Special Acknowledgment
• Acknowledgments
• The Irish Revolution, 1912-23 series
• Chapter 1: Dublin in 1912
• Chapter 2: Politics and activism in Dublin, 1912-14
• Chapter 3: Dublin's response to war, 1914-16
• Chapter 4: Dublin city's 1916 Rising
• Chapter 5: Sinn Féin and its enemies: from the GPO to the Dáil, 1916-18
• Plate Section
• Chapter 6: The IRA at war in Dublin, 1919-21
• Chapter 7: Labour, politics and the counter-state in Dublin, 1919-21
• Chapter 8: From truce to Civil War, 1921-3
• Chapter 9: Legacies of Dublin's revolution
• Notes
• Select Bibliography
• Index