Dublin in the Irish Revolution

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I owe a debt to the historian Michael Foy, he provided much of the backbone of this video. Check out his books.

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Around the 20 minute mark I say that de Valera is the leader of the anti-treaty side of the Civil War. This is true. However his actual control over rebel IRA forces is very much theoretical.

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Harry Boland's Irish Revolution by David Fitzpatrick

Big Fellow, Long Fellow, A Joint Biography of Collins & De Valera by T. Ryle Dwyer

The Resurrection of Ireland by Michael Laffan

The Evolution of Irish Nationalist Politics by Tom Garvin

The RepublicThe Fight for Irish Independence by Charles Townshend

Political Violence in Ireland by Charles Townshend

Fatal PathBritish Government & Irish Revolution by Ronan Fanning

Atlas of the Irish Revolution

Edward Carson by ATQ Stewart

Judging Dev by Diarmuid Ferriter

The Irish War of Independence by Michael Hopkinson

Easter 1916 by Charles Townshend

Here's a glossary of terms:

A Specials - Full time special police created for Ulster

B Specials - Part time 'paramilitary' police

C Specials - A sort of reserve police who weren't really used

Ancient Order of Hibernians - a fraternal organisation utilised by constitutionalist Home Rule nationalists.

Black & Tans/Auxiliaries - Demobilised British soldiers recruited to replace the ailing RIC in Ireland and to wage war against the IRA. The War of Independence is sometimes known as 'the Tan War'

Dáil Courts - Revolutionary court system which supplanted the British one

Dáil Éireann - Revolutionary parliament set up by Sinn Fein MPs

G Division (G men) - The detective branch of the Dublin metropolitan police. Targeted for elimination by Michael Collin's 'Squad'

IRA - Irish Republican Army - previously the Irish Volunteers

IRB - Irish Republican Brotherhood - a secret revolutionary society. Not endorsed by all the revolutionaries.

ITGWU - The Irish Transport & General Worker's Union. A trade union of a socialist/Republican persuasion.

Labour Party - The socialist political party who often made way for the Republican movement, for example didn't contest the 1918 general election so as not to muddy the waters.

Nationalist - also the Home Rulers, who wanted a devolved administration in Dublin.

Partition - the division of Ireland between the 26 county Free State to the South and the 6 county 'statelet' to the North, Northern Ireland.

Republican - Those who desired an independent Irish Republic

RIC - Royal Irish Constabulary (Irish Police)

RUC - Royal Ulster Constabulary (Northern Irish police - created later)

Sinn Fein - The political wing of the IRA, Republicans.

Unionist - Those loyal to the British crown, who wish to remain part of the United Kingdom

I'll update this list as we go along.

Music:

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Breathing Planey by Doug Maxwell

Reflections by MK2

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