Arthur Griffith / Owen McGee.

Author/creator McGee, Owen author.
Format Book
PublicationSallins, Co. Kildare : Merrion Press, 2015.
Descriptionviii, 536 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents The Dubliner and Independent nationalist (1871-96) -- The pro-Boer Republican (1897-1902) -- The Review editor -- The Resurrection of Hungary and the birth of Sinn Fein (1904-5) -- The Stillborn Party: Sinn Fein (1906-10) -- The framework of Home Rule (1910-14) -- The First World War and the reinvention of Sinn Fein (1914-18) -- The launch of Dail Eireann (1918-19) -- Dail Eireann as an underground organisation (1919-20) -- The search for a negotiable settlement (1921) -- Securing an Anglo-Irish agreement? (1922) -- The survival of Dail Eireann (1922) -- Conclusion.
Abstract As a working-class Dubliner who played a crucial role in inspiring and leading Dail Eireann in its formative stages, Arthur Griffith's life and world is one of the greatest windows into understanding the dynamics of the Irish revolution. This major biography is based upon fascinating original research and presents a fresh analysis and interpretation of Griffith's life and the economic basis of the political history of the era. Griffith has been typified as 'the last Young Irelander' and this account reflects on this by examining the often very different conceptions of Irish nationalism that existed before and after the formation of the Irish state. It also suggests that Griffith's belief in the importance of economic freedoms and the ability of an independent Ireland to provide for its own people was an ideal that inspired the subsequent evolution of the Irish state.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 514-527) and index.
LCCN 2015463050
ISBN9781785370090
ISBN178537009X

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks DA965 .G8 M44 2015 ✔ Available Place Hold