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Fenians and Ribbonmen: The Development of Republican Politics in East Tyrone, 1898-1918

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Fenians and Ribbonmen: The Development of Republican Politics in East Tyrone, 1898-1918 - McCluskey, Fergal
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East Tyrone sits at the crossroads of Irish politics. This book commences with the struggle between Belfast's 'Wee Joe' Devlin, the coming man of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and the Irish Republican Brotherhood to gain mastery over the burgeoning Ancient Order of Hibernians and, with it, control of popular nationalist politics in Ulster. It then recounts the fascinating and often violent story of the relationship between local Fenians and Ribbonmen, across a seminal generation in Irish politics. The narrative centres on ...

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Fenians and Ribbonmen: The Development of Republican Politics in East Tyrone, 1898-1918 2011, Manchester University Press, Manchester

ISBN-13: 9780719084713

Hardcover