The Donegal Awakening: Donegal & the War of Independence
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Liam Ó Duibhir charts the struggle for independence, both militarily and politically, in Donegal from before the events of Easter 1916 until the truce in 1921.Donegal has long been seen as one of the quietest counties during the War of Independence but this reputation belies an intriguing story of how republican sentiment grew in the county. From the first mention of Sinn Féin, through the conscription crisis and the success of the 1918 elections, Ó Duibhir charts the rise of the new political leadership in Donegal and how they built their own system of justice and local government.Alongside the practical politics, he also highlights the role of the IRB and the activities of the volunteers in resisting and thwarting the British efforts to retain control and impose order. Featuring new information and a fresh look at events of the period, The Donegal Awakening offers an updated account of this crucial period.
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Liam O Duibhir is from Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. He worked in the youth sector from 2005 to 2007 as a youth information officer and as a policy officer. Since December 2007 he has been writing full time. The Donegal Awakening is the first fruit of those efforts and he is currently completing a follow up running from the Truce period that tells the story of Donegal during the Civil War.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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An excellent, well written account of the Irish Revolution in County Donegal and the north-west of Ireland in general. As the `national history' of Ireland's War of Independence has become increasingly dominated by `revisionist historians' (unfortunately too often apologists for British rule in Ireland) many readers have turned to `local' histories like this to gain a politically unbiased and fair account of the struggle for Irish freedom and democracy in individual regions across the island. `The Donegal Awakening' is at the foremost of this popular new wave of Irish histories and is highly recommended.
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Cruthaionn An tUasal O'Duibhir leabhar maith faoi Chogadh na Saoirse i Contae Tir Chonaill. Cuireann an t-udar beim speisialta ar eachtrai aituil ach nior dhearna se dearmad ar eachtrai eile a raibh ag tharla ar fud na tire. Seo e leabhar don pearsanta a bhfuil suim acu i gcursai stairuil maidir le muintir na hEireann agus le muintir Tir Chonaill.
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There was a need to produce a history of the Anglo-Irish War in such an enigmatic county as Donegal. The book has a clear sense of the development of SF/IRA organisation, structures and development to 1921.It does read a bit like a catalogue of incidents at times but that is not surprising in a large county like Donegal. The author includes some nice detail, e.g. how the IRA forces in the north of the county were handicapped by the seasonal migration of their men to look for farmwork in Scotland and England.
I have reservations about the book. The Acknowledgements section makes it clear that the book is dependent on personal accounts of mainly SF supporters and sympathisers. Unfortunately, the experiences and organsisations of the loyalists in Donegal, more than a fifth of the county population, receive but sketchy attention. The book deals with many quite minor incidents in the guerilla war but fails to mention some of the more startling incidents which hit the national press. Examples are the Traffic Manager of the County Donegal Railway's seeing off IRA raiders single-handedly with a pistol when they boarded his train at Drumbar in September 1920 and the desecration of Meenglas Church of Ireland church at the same time as the IRA raid on Meenglas Post Office April 1921(which is mentioned) . Finally, there are folk-myths perpetuated when the author deals with the war in general. One example - the brutal Black and Tans were not all "ex-soldiers and unemployed workers from England". A significant number of them were Irish !
You do get the impression that the author is quite partisan rather than balanced in his approach at times.
I have reservations about the book. The Acknowledgements section makes it clear that the book is dependent on personal accounts of mainly SF supporters and sympathisers. Unfortunately, the experiences and organsisations of the loyalists in Donegal, more than a fifth of the county population, receive but sketchy attention. The book deals with many quite minor incidents in the guerilla war but fails to mention some of the more startling incidents which hit the national press. Examples are the Traffic Manager of the County Donegal Railway's seeing off IRA raiders single-handedly with a pistol when they boarded his train at Drumbar in September 1920 and the desecration of Meenglas Church of Ireland church at the same time as the IRA raid on Meenglas Post Office April 1921(which is mentioned) . Finally, there are folk-myths perpetuated when the author deals with the war in general. One example - the brutal Black and Tans were not all "ex-soldiers and unemployed workers from England". A significant number of them were Irish !
You do get the impression that the author is quite partisan rather than balanced in his approach at times.
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