Sligo

The Irish Revolution, 1912-23

Michael Farry

• Publisher: Four Courts Press
• Year: 2020
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781846828805
• Subtopic: Irish History
• Index: History

Using a wide array of sources and interviews, author Michael Farry has produced a balanced, comprehensive, and absorbing study of county Sligo - from 1912, when the Irish Party controlled all political affairs, to 1922-23, when the county saw considerable action during the civil war. This wide-ranging study offers fascinating new insights into the Irish Revolution and details how the county moved from being one of the most loyal to the Irish Party to one of the best-organized Sinn Fein counties. The book looks at how both organized unionism and the strong labor movement in Sligo reacted to the rise of Sinn Fein, its election victory in 1918, and the subsequent truce, treaty, and civil war. Recently released BMH accounts, as well as British military sources, result in a richly detailed examination of the IRA campaign and the British reaction. It examines the superior attitude of the IRA towards 'mere politicians' during the Truce period and explains why Sligo saw so much conflict during the civil war. (Series: The Irish Revolution, 1912-23)

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Table of contents
• List of illustrations
• Abbreviations
• Acknowledgments
• The Irish Revolution, 1912‒23 series
• Foreword
• 1 County Sligo in 1912
• 2 Home rule at last?
• 3 ‘Our place is … on the side of the allies'
• 4 ‘How is the future of Ireland to be served?’
• 5 1918 – Sinn Féin: ‘the only politicalorganisation in the county’
• 6 ‘Disloyalty and contempt for the law’
• 7 The drift to violence in County Sligo
• 8 Stalemate
• 9 The republican counter-state in County Sligo
• 10 Martial law for Sligo?
• 11 ‘Let it be war’
• Plates
• 12 ‘Pressing back the forces of disorder’
• 13 Revolution?
• Notes
• Select bibliography
• Index