History’s spotlight on County Cork and her involvement in the Irish Revolution of 1912-23

Four Courts Press have just released another book in their Irish History series on the Irish Revolution.

This time the spotlight is on County Cork. The author Professor Richard S. Grayson takes a new approach to understand the conflict through analysis of the patterns of death, spatially and chronologically.

The most prominent events are covered, such as Michael Collins death, the murder of Tomás MacCurtain, the death of Terence MacSweeney, and the actions of Tom Barry’s ‘Flying Column’.

The book also covers the two strands of nationalism represented by firstly William O’Brien’s All-for-Ireland League but also the Irish Parliamentary Party both of which supported the British war effort in the First World War, and conscription - thus opening the door for the rise of Sinn Fein in 1918.

Professor Richard S. Grayson is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London, and has published extensively on Ireland’s 1912-23 period.

This regional story of Cork during the Irish Revolution joins the many other county titles in the series already in print.