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Ireland, 1919: When Sinn Fein proclaims Dail Eireann the parliament
of the independent Irish republic, London declares the new assembly
to be illegal, and a vicious guerilla war breaks out between
republican and crown forces. Michael Collins, intelligence chief of
the Irish Republican Army, creates an elite squad whose role is to
assassinate British agents and undercover police. The so-called
'Twelve Apostles' will create violent mayhem, culminating in the
events of 'Bloody Sunday' in November 1920. Bestselling historian
Tim Pat Coogan not only tells the story of Collins' squad, he also
examines the remarkable intelligence network of which it formed a
part, and which helped to bring the British government to the
negotiating table.
An updated edition of this unique, bestselling history of the IRA,
now including behind-the-scenes information on the recent advances
made in the peace process. Tim Pat Coogan's classic The IRA
provides the only fair-minded, comprehensive history of the
organization that has transformed the Irish nationalist movement
this century. With clarity and detachment, Coogan examines the
IRA's origins, its foreign links, the bombing campaigns, hunger
strikes and sectarian violence, and now their role in the latest
attempt to bring peace to Northern Ireland. Meticulously
researched, and backed up by interviews with past and present
members of the organization, Tim Pat Coogan's book is an
authoritative and compelling account of modern Irish history from
the point of view of one of its most controversial major
participants.
'The unofficial voice of modern Irish history' Economist When
President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the
Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord
Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.' In August
1922 at the height of the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true
- Collins was shot and killed by a fellow Irishman in a shocking
political assassination. So ended the life of the greatest of all
Irish nationalists, but his visions and legacy lived on. This
authorative and comprehensive biography presents the life of a man
who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigour
and determination were matched only by his political realism and
supreme organisational abilities. Coogan's biography provides a
fascinating insight into a great political leader, whilst vividly
portraying the political unrest in a divided Ireland, that can help
to shape our understanding of Ireland's past, present and future.
'There have been several other lives of Collins, but none has
assembled such wealth of detail' Independent on Sunday
Founded in 1884 to promote Irish identity and revive the traditional sports of hurling, football and handball, the GAA enjoyed an intimate relationship with the nationalist movement from the turn of the twentieth century onwards. In 1914, the Irish Volunteers drilled with hurley sticks in the absence of rifles; after the 1916 Rising many of those interned by the British were GAA members; and on 21 November 1920, a Gaelic football match between Dublin and Tipperary at Croke Park was interrupted by a raid by British crown forces that left fourteen dead in Ireland's first 'Bloody Sunday'.
With affection and authority, Tim Pat Coogan traces the stirring story of an institution which, from modest beginnings as a grass-roots sporting organisation, has grown into a cornerstone of Irish society both North and South. The Gaelic Athletic Association is, Coogan argues, the most socially valuable organisation in Ireland, whose ideal of voluntarism has contributed to a distinctive sense of national identity that flourishes wherever green is worn.
During a Biblical seven years in the middle of the nineteenth
century, fully a quarter of Ireland's citizens either perished from
starvation or emigrated in what came to be known as Gorta Mor, the
Great Hunger. Waves of hungry peasants fled across the Atlantic to
the United States, with so many dying en route that it was said,
"you could walk dry shod to America on their bodies." In this
sweeping history Ireland's best-known historian, Tim Pat Coogan,
tackles the dark history of the Irish Famine and argues that it
constituted one of the first acts of genocide. In what The Boston
Globe calls "his greatest achievement," Coogan shows how the
British government hid behind the smoke screen of laissez faire
economics, the invocation of Divine Providence and a carefully
orchestrated publicity campaign, allowing more than a million
people to die agonizing deaths and driving a further million into
emigration. Unflinching in depicting the evidence, Coogan presents
a vivid and horrifying picture of a catastrophe that that shook the
nineteenth century and finally calls to account those responsible.
An updated edition of Tim Pat Coogan's account of the Troubles in Northern Ireland, covering 30 years of violence and the search for peace.
An account of the events, personalities and repercussions of the
Irish rebellion The Easter Rising began at 12 noon, 24 April, 1916
and lasted for six short but bloody days, resulting in the deaths
of innocent civilians, the destruction of many parts of Dublin, and
the true beginning of Irish independence. The 1916 Rising was born
out of the Conservative and Unionist parties' illegal defiance of
the democratically expressed wish of the Irish electorate for Home
Rule; and of confusion, mishap and disorganisation, compounded by a
split within the Volunteer leadership. Tim Pat Coogan introduces
the major players, themes and outcomes of a drama that would
profoundly affect twentieth-century Irish history. Not only is this
the story of a turning point in Ireland's struggle for freedom, but
also a testament to the men and women of courage and conviction who
were prepared to give their lives for what they believed was right.
A rousing history of Ireland in its most tumultous century by one
of the most well-known and beloved Irish writers of our time.
Tim Pat Coogan's Ireland in the Twentieth Century will be a
must-read for his legion of fans and anyone interested in Ireland's
path through the twentieth century. Encompassing the violent and
bloody days of the early twentieth century and peopled with such
characters as Michael Collins, Eamon DeValera and James Joyce, this
promises to be one of the most popular histories of Ireland yet
written. Bringing the story up to the present day, Ireland in the
Twentieth Century will become, like Coogan's The IRA and The
Troubles, standard bearers in the canon of Irish history.
The population of Ireland is five million, but 70 million call themselves Irish. Here is their story in all its richness and complexity. Tim Pat Coogan traveled around the world where green is indeed worn to talk to the people who weaved the tale of "a dream born in a herdsman's shed and the secret scriptures of the poor." Along with American presidents, best-selling authors and Riverdancers, Ireland gave the world a caring tradition borne by missionaries and teachers who spread a message of hope and the panorama of their life abroad comes alive in this magisterial work.
The H Block protest is one of the strangest and most controversial issues in the tragic history of Northern Ireland. Republican prisoners, convicted of grave crimes through special courts and ruthless interrogation procedures, campaigned for political status by refusing to wear prison clothes and daubing their cell with excrement.Were they properly convicted criminals, or martyrs to political injustice? In a masterpiece of investigative journalism, Coogan provides us with the only first-hand account of the protest. His investigation led deep into the social, cultural, and economic maze of Northern Ireland's history to give readers an unmatched analysis of a troubled place and its sorrowful history.
Tim Pat Coogan covers the tortured history of Ireland from the beginning of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, through the long years of violence, up to the present attempts to find peace. His access to many of the principals gives this book a particular authority. Going beyond the slogans and headlines, Coogan provides a hard look at the deadly drama of a divided Ireland.
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