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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 Squad, by T. Ryle Dwyer
The Resurrection of Ireland by Michael Laffan
The Evolution of Irish Nationalist Politics by Tom Garvin
The Republic: The Fight for Irish Independence by Charles Townshend
Political Violence in Ireland by Charles Townshend
Fatal Path: British Government & Irish Revolution by Ronan Fanning
Atlas of the Irish Revolution
Edward Carson by ATQ Stewart
Judging W.T. Cosgrave by Michael Laffan
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
Cylinder Six by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence ()
The Temperature of the Air on the Bow of the Kaleetan by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence ()
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