This work chronicles the ways in which the Irish revolution was remembered in the first two decades of independence by significant nationalist intellectuals: Eimar O'Duffy, P.S. O'Hegarty, George Russell, and Desmond Ryan. It provides a lively account of their controversial crit…
Writing the revolution in the Irish Free State -- Eimar O'Duffy and the waste of 1916 -- Clean minded separatists and the mob: P.S. O'Hegarty and the ambiguous victory of Sinn Fein -- Shivering elders and the exploits of youth: George Russell's interpretations of the Irish revol…
"Remembering the Irish Revolution chronicles the ways in which the Irish revolution was remembered in the first two decades of Irish independence. While tales of heroism and martyrdom dominated popular accounts of the revolution, a handful of nationalists reflected on the period…
This work chronicles the ways in which the Irish revolution was remembered in the first two decades of independence by significant nationalist intellectuals: Eimar O'Duffy, P.S. O'Hegarty, George Russell, and Desmond Ryan. It provides a lively account of their controversial crit…