By F X Martin, Ruan O'Donnell, Micheal O Haodha, Eamon O Cuiv, Eamon De Valera
This reissued vintage - edited via historian F.X. Martin in 1963 and initially released by means of James Duffy & Co - comprises specific records and essays that have been written by way of prime contributors of Irish nationalism in the course of a interval whilst the Irish humans witnessed social and cultural alterations that have been as radical as something noticeable in Irish historical past. This fiftieth anniversary commemorative version coincides with the 2013 centenary of the root of the Irish Volunteers, an army association. The Volunteers - encompassing a brand new iteration of Irish women and men - oversaw the advance of a brand new and re-energized circulate, loose from a lot of the party/political machinations and interference that had hindered Irish Nationalist makes an attempt at self-determination in earlier many years. As defined within the book's essays, the Volunteers have been a 'broad church' encompassing contributors of the Gaelic League, the traditional Order of Hibernians, and Sinn Fein. Secretly, additionally they integrated many hundreds of thousands of participants of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and a not-insignificant variety of supporters from either the civil and ecclesiastical nation-states. With the Irish Citizen military, Cumann na mBan, and Fianna Eireann incorporated during this unified coalition, whatever new and extraordinary happened in Irish historical past - a circulate which we're in simple terms now commencing to comprehend when it comes to its nice and targeted legacy an entire century later. This re-creation is edited via Ruan O'Donnell and Micheal O hAodha, with a brand new Foreword by means of Eamon O Cuiv. it's a precise ancient checklist of the Volunteer move, and it comprises unique letters, reviews, speeches, editorials, army and administrative directions, individuals' lists, and tables.
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Under the command of Cathal Brugha were sent to Howth early on the morning of Sunday, 26th July, with instructions to disport themselves about the harbour, hire boats and generally look as much like tourists as possible. Their business was to receive the yacht, help to moor her, and in the event of any police interference they were sufficiently numerous to deal with it. 48 Irish Volunteers It was my intention to bring the ammunition away from Howth in taxis and distribute it at several points in the city.
Eimar O’Duffy, Barney Mellows (brother of Liam). B. played in selecting or appointing the men who came to the first meeting in Wynn’s Hotel and those who were subsequently appointed as the Provisional Committee. There was no formal control. B. were satisfied to see the Volunteer movement started and run on a practical basis, and they left the selection of the Provisional Committee to me. An analysis of the affiliation of the members of the original Committee and the Provisional Committee of the Volunteers may be of interest.
It is interesting that at the beginning of the Volunteers, P. H. Pearse warned Eoin MacNeill of the danger of allowing extreme nationalists like me to gain control of the Volunteer movement. A brief report of this meeting is given on pages 27-28 of my book A Short History of the Irish Volunteers. The text of that book was read before publication by Seán Fitzgibbon and Eimar O’Duffy, and it may be taken as accurate except where supplemented or corrected by this statement. It must be remembered that the book was published at a time when there was strict censorship against national publications, and that it had in fact to be passed by the military censor at the time.