UCD Adult Education Centre
Irish War of Independence 1919-1921
HN232
2010/11
Reading List
The following are samples of materials referred to during the course. This list will be discussed in
class.
General
Any participant who needs to be reminded of the principal events and issues could begin with
the following surveys.
Lee, J.J., (1989) Ireland 1912-85; Politics and Society
Lyons, F. S. L., (1971) Ireland since the Famine
Ferriter, D., (2004) The Transformation of Ireland, 1900-2000
MacDonagh, O., (1977) Ireland: the Union and its Aftermath
Laffan, M., (1999) The Resurrection of Ireland: The Sinn Féin Party, 1916-1923: Cambridge
Jackson, A., (1999) Ireland 1798-1998
Other General
There are several useful chapters in the following books also:
MacDonagh, O., (1983) States of Mind
Garvin, T., (1981) The Evolution of Irish Nationalist Politics
Garvin, T., (1987) Nationalist Revolutionaries in Ireland, I858-1928
Fitzpatrick, D., The Two Irelands, 1912-1939
Joost Augusteijn, J., (ed.),(2002) The Irish Revolution, 1913-1923
Williams, T.D., (ed.), (1966) The Irish Struggle, 1916-1926
Rumpf, E., and Hepburn, A.C., (1977) Nationalism and Socialism in Twentieth Century
Ireland
Townshend, C., Political Violence in Ireland: Government and Resistance since 1848
Irish War of Independence
Hopkinson, M., (2002) The Irish War of Independence
Townshend, C., (1975) The British Campaign in Ireland, 1919-1921
Townshend, C., The Irish Republican Army and the Development of Guerrilla Warfare
Fitzpatrick, D., The Geography of Irish Nationalism, 1910-1921
Regional Studies
Fitzpatrick, D., (1977) Politics and Irish Life, 1913-21
Farry,M., (1992) Sligo 1914-1921: a Chronicle of Conflict
Hart, P., (1998) The IRA and its Enemies: Violence and Community in Cork, 1916-1923
Coleman, M., County Longford and the Irish Revolution
The Treaty
F. S. L. Lyons's commentary in 'From War to Civil War in Ireland: Three Essays on the
Treaty Debate' in Brian Farrell (ed.), The Irish Parliamentary Tradition (1973)
Tom Garvin, 1922: the Birth of Irish Democracy (1996)
Lord Longford, Peace by Ordeal (1935)
Memoirs and biographies
Memoirs and biographies should be read, but cautiously and selectively. Among the most
interesting are:
O’Malley, E., (1936) On Another Man's Wound
Breen, D., (1955) My Fight for Irish Freedom
Andrews, C.S., (1977) Dublin Made Me