When President of the Irish Republic Michael Collins signed the Anglo-Irish Treaty in December 1921, he remarked to Lord Birkenhead, 'I may have signed my actual death warrant.'
In August 1922 during the Irish Civil War, that prophecy came true – Collins was shot and killed by a fellow Irishman in a shocking political assassination.
So ended the life of the greatest of all Irish nationalists, but his visions and legacy lived on.
This authorative and comprehensive biography presents the life of a man who became a legend in his own lifetime, whose idealistic vigour and determination were matched only by his political realism and supreme organisational abilities. Coogan's biography provides a fascinating insight into a great political leader, whilst vividly portraying the political unrest in a divided Ireland, that can help to shape our understanding of Ireland's recent tumultuous socio-political history.
(source: Bol.com)
Author(s): Tim Pat Coogan
Publisher: Arrow Books
Year: 1990
Language: English
Commentary: Reupped, Bookmarked, OCR (Cleartype), Smaller File Size
City: London
Tags: History, Biography, Politics, War
Front Cover
Tim Pat Coogan
Also by Tim Pat Coogan
Full Title Page
ISBN 0-09-968580-9
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Acknowledgements
Preface
Prologue
1 The Little Fella
2 Easter 1916
3 Kicking Down a Rotten Door
COUNTY CORK
4 The Twelve Apostles
5 The Year of Terror
6 The Sky Darkens
7 Peace Comes Dropping Slow
8 Settling This Old Strife
9 Fighting the Waves
10 Wading Through Blood
11 Setting up the Six
12 The Mouth of Flowers
DUBLIN 1916
13 Honouring the Dead?
NOTES
Chapter 1 (pp. 3-31)
Chapter 2 (pp. 32-57)
Chapter 3 (pp. 58-93)
Chapter 4 (pp. 94-119)
Chapter 5 (pp. 121-156)
Chapter 6 (pp. 157-184)
Chapter 7 (pp. 185-235)
Chapter 8 {pp. 236-276)
Chapter 9 (pp. 277-307)
Chapter 10 (pp. 308-332)
Chapter 11 (pp. 333-385)
Chapter 12 (pp. 386-415)
Chapter 13 (pp. 416-432)
APPENDIX
ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT AS SIGNED on December 6th, 1921
DOCUMENT NUMBER TWO The Counter-proposal drafted by de Valera
BIBLIOGRAPHY AND SOURCES
PRIMARY SOURCES
ARCHIVES CONSULTED
NEWSPAPERS AND PERIODICALS
PAMPHLETS AND ARTICLES
TELEVISION DOCUMENTARIES
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
BACK COVER
