Family histories of the Irish Revolution
Ciara Boylan, Sarah-Anne Buckley and Pat Dolan, editors
Foreword by President Michael D. Higgins
Introduction
Ciara Boylan, Sarah-Anne Buckley & Pat Dolan
The Irish revolutionary decade, 1913–1923; voice, narratives and contexts
Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh
Section 1: Women and Gender
Our aunt Eilish’s untold story of rebellion, romance and religion
Pat Dolan & Michael Dolan
Family stories and secret keepers: who is Máire Bastabal?
Anne Byrne & Colm Byrne
The Sheehy Skeffington legacy and how it influences me today
Micheline Sheehy Skeffington
The many-sided Tom Kettle
Niamh Reilly
Section 2: 1916–21
From family history to history: my grandfather and I
Róisín Healy
Martin Savage: Sligo’s working-class hero
Angela Savage
‘He did everything, he was the most reliable man we had’: Commandant Pat Fallon (1885–1958), South Mayo Brigade
Enda Fallon Jr., Daithí Fallon & Cian Ó Néill
A life less ordinary: Barney ‘The Miller’ and the War of Independence
Bernadine Brady
Jack Morrogh and ‘Sinn Fein’s foredoomed dreams’
Antony Wheatley
Section 3: The Irish Revolution and beyond
‘Ireland will soon be free’: Paddy Maher and the Knocklong Raid
Liam Ó hAisibéil
Dan McCann: IRA artificer and ‘a dangerous man’
Chris McNairney
Peadar O’Donnell: a rebellious relative
Tom Boylan
Michael Canavan: an ordinary (heroic) life
John Canavan, Dorothy Ní Uigín & Jim Higgins
Caught in the conflict: the predicament of the Irish police force during the War of Independence
Michael Lang
Cantans intra et extra Chorum: Patrick and Francis Shaw
Olga Cox Cameron & John Cox
