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In this episode we talk about IRA”s chief of Staff, Richard Mulcahy’s role in Easter Rising and the efforts to rebuild the IRA up to 1919.
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Episode References
The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence by Charles Townshend, 2014, Penguin Group
Richard Mulcahy: From the Politics of War to the Politics of Peace, 1913-1924 by Padraig O Caoimh, 2018, Irish Academic Press
A Nation and Not a Rabble: the Irish Revolution 1913-1923 by Diarmaid Ferriter, 2015, Profile Books
Easter 1916: The Irish Rebellion by Charles Townshend, 2015, Penguin Group
Valiulis, M. G. (1993). Portrait of a Revolutionary: General Richard Mulcahy and the Founding of the Irish Free State. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky.
OBrien, P. (2012). Field of fire: The Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. Dublin: New Island.
https://www.thepensivequill.com/2020/06/richard-mulcahy-from-politics-of-war-to.html
https://historywithatwist.wordpress.com/2016/03/25/easter-1916-the-forgotten-battle/
https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland/index.php/articles/ashbourne
In this episode we talk about the creation of the first Dail and its relation with the IRA
Transcript coming
Theme Sound: Symphony no. 5 in Cm, Op. 67 – III. Allegro
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References:
The Republic: the Fight for Irish Independence by Charles Townshend, 2014, Penguin Group
Fatal Path: British Government and Irish Revolution 1910-1922 by Ronan Fanning, 2013, Faber & Faber
A Nation and Not a Rabble: the Irish Revolution 1913-1923 by Diarmaid Ferriter, 2015, Profile Books
Eamon DeValera by Ronan Fanning, 2016, Harvard University Press
In this episode we talk about Ireland between 1917 and 1918, focusing on how Sinn Fein and the Irish Volunteers were able to rebuild themselves after Easter Rising.
Theme Sound: Symphony no. 5 in Cm, Op. 67 – III. Allegro
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The Anglo-Irish conflict, like many asymmetrical conflicts, can be confusing because of the vast amount of people and organizations involved. I have often wished there was a simple chart that I could refer to as I am reading about the conflict, so I made my own.
