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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810949703321

Autore

Hay Marnie

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2019

©2019

ISBN

1-5261-2775-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s)

Disciplina

941.5082

Soggetti

Youth movements - Ireland - 20th century

Politics

Comparative Politics

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics

Irlande 1922-1923 (Guerre civile)

Irlande 1919-1921 (Guerre d'independance)

Irlande 1910-1921

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-266) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

Le site de l'editeur indique : "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."