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The Fall of Dublin
Ms Elizabeth Gillis
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Description for The Fall of Dublin
Paperback. Revolutionary Ireland. 157pp
Focusing on the people and the decisons they made, 'The Fall of Dublin' examines the attack on the Four Courts and the subsequent fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922 which signalled the beginning of the Irish Civil War. With the use of new sources the book challenges many of the pre-conceived thoughts on the fighting in Dublin – the role of the leadership on both sides, the personalities of those involved and even the destruction of the Four Courts. These sources not only shed new light on the conflict itself, but more importantly they are invaluable in telling ... Read more
Focusing on the people and the decisons they made, 'The Fall of Dublin' examines the attack on the Four Courts and the subsequent fighting in Dublin in June and July 1922 which signalled the beginning of the Irish Civil War. With the use of new sources the book challenges many of the pre-conceived thoughts on the fighting in Dublin – the role of the leadership on both sides, the personalities of those involved and even the destruction of the Four Courts. These sources not only shed new light on the conflict itself, but more importantly they are invaluable in telling ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856356800
SKU
9781856356800
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About Ms Elizabeth Gillis
Author, historian and lecturer Liz Gillis is a researcher on ‘The History Show’ and contributes to many television documentaries relating to the Irish Revolution, the most recent being two documentaries on Bloody Sunday 1921 broadcast on RTE. She has participated in and organised many conferences and lectures focusing on the Irish Revolution and is co-organiser of the annual conference on ... Read more
Reviews for The Fall of Dublin
'Books on the Irish Civil War are often marred by partisanship. Even now, family loyalty and ideology make accounts of the conflict prone to bitter invective. Gillis is, however, well balanced and dispassionate.'
The Irish Story
'The remarkably non-partisan ‘The Fall of Dublin’, though short in length, is packed with information, some little known, some surprising, making Liz ... Read more
The Irish Story
'The remarkably non-partisan ‘The Fall of Dublin’, though short in length, is packed with information, some little known, some surprising, making Liz ... Read more