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Na Fianna Éireann and the Irish revolution, 1909-23 : scouting for rebels / Marnie Hay

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Hay, Marnie
Published
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
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Language Note
In English.
Contents
1. Na Fianna Éireann in context -- 2. The countess and the Quaker -- 3. A handful of boys against the British Empire, 1909-16 -- 4. Expansion and contraction, 1916-23 -- 5. Who joined the Fianna? -- 6. The Fianna experience -- 7. Moulding minds and marketing martyrdom -- 8. Youth in arms -- Conclusion -- Index
Summary
This book provides a scholarly yet accessible account of the Irish nationalist youth organisation Na Fianna Eireann and its contribution to the Irish Revolution in the period 1909-23. Countess Constance Markievicz and Bulmer Hobson established Na Fianna Eireann, or the Irish National Boy Scouts, as an Irish nationalist antidote to Robert Baden-Powell's scouting movement founded in 1908. Between their establishment in 1909 and near decimation during the Irish Civil War of 1922-23, Na Fianna Eireann recruited, trained and nurtured a cadre of young nationalist activists who made an essential contribution to the struggle for Irish independence. This book will be of interest to historians and students specialising in the history of the Irish Revolution, youth culture, paramilitarism and twentieth-century Ireland. It will also appeal to the general reader with an interest in the history of the Irish Revolution.
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ISBN
9781526127754 (electronic bk.)
152612775X (electronic bk.)
9780719096839
0719096839
9781526127761 (ePub ebook)
1526127768
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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