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Fitzpatrick, David. Revolution? Ireland 1917-1923. Dublin, Trinity College, 1990. 21.5cm x 14.8cm. 173 (3) pages. Original illustrated softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper. Loosely inserted are several interesting articles (newspaper-clippings and xeroxed). Extremely Rare! Trinity History Workshop. Includes for example the following chapters: Youth Culture and the Cork IRA- Peter Hart/ The Importance of Being Irish- Joost Augusteijn/ The Guerilla Mind- Eoghan Davis/ Another Martyr for Old Ireland, The Balladry of Revolution- Eimear Whitfield/ Testimony from Imprisoned Women- Oonagh Walsh/ Cumman na Mbann Policies and Activities- Aidan Sheehan/ Descendancy, Meath's Protestant Gentry- Kim O'Rourke/ Sectarian Conflict in Monaghan- Edward Micheau/ The IRA and Ex-Servicement- Jane Leonard/ Strikes in Galway- Lucinda Thomson/ From Petrograd to Bruree- Tom Crean/ Nations Once Again- Ireland's Civil War in European Context- Jonas Jorstad/ Trinity History Workshop Publications etc. Ireland experienced convulsion between 1917 and 1923. Whether these events constituted 'revolution' remains in dispute. The Anglo-Irish struggle and the constitutional transformation have been extensively studied, to the neglect of the accompanying social unrest and subsequent Civil War. This book explores neglected themes ranging from women's experience and youth culture to ex-servicemen and soviets. It exploits newspapers, military archives, official and private records. The focus of many essays is on the local experience, but many other chapters draw parallels and contrasts with contemporary Europe. The mentality of activists is explored using letters, memoirs and interviews.