Table of Contents
List of Illustrations and Maps vii
Acknowledgements xi
Abbreviations xiv
Part I 'Days of Grandeur and Gravity': The Great War, 1914-18
1 'The Irish Landlords Have Become the Victims of a Revolution': Before the Great War, 1879-1914 1
2 'The Un-Martialled Loyalists of the South': The Great War, Part I 29
3 All the Gentry Have Suffered': The Great War, Part II 61
Part II 'A Bonfire for a Generation': Burning the Big House, 1920-23
4 'Castles, Mansions and Residences Were Sent Up in Flames' 93
5 'I Think the Greed of Land Is at the Root of This Class of Crime' 135
Part III 'This is What Your Past Here Means to Us': Destruction, Looting and Compensation
6 'Grass Grows Where the Saloons Were': A Case Study of Mitchelstown Castle 165
7 'There Were Hens Roosting on Valuable Oil Paintings': Destruction and Looting, 1920-23 179
8 'Sermons in Stones': Compensating Country House Owners 208
Part IV 'The Last Remnant of Irish Landlordism': Conclusion
9 The End of Revolution? 239
Endnotes 284
Bibliography 319
Index 335