Michael Collins and the Making of the Irish State

by Gabriel Doherty, Dermot Keogh (Editor)

Overview

A series of specially commissioned essays, written by some of Ireland's leading historians (academic and popular), on the contribution made by Michael Collins to the making of the Irish state. This is a professional evaluation of Michael Collins which brings to light his multi-faceted and complex character. The contributors examine Collins as Minister for Finance, his role in intelligence, his policy towards the north, his career as Commander-in-Chief, the origins of the Civil War, his relationship with de Valera and how academics view his place in Irish history. The volume is illustrated with an eight page plate section of photographs from private family archives, from Military Archives and from the Examiner in order to give the book added scholarly and popular appeal.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781856355124
Publisher:	Mercier Press, Limited, The
Publication date:	12/01/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	234
Sales rank:	527,059
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.49(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements     7
Foreword   Gabriel Doherty   Dermot Keogh     11
Introduction   Mary Banotti     15
The Challenge of a Collins Biography   J. J. Lee     19
Michael Collins - The Granard Connection   Margot Gearty     38
Gearoid O'Sullivan - An Irish Patriot   Philip O'Regan     45
Michael Collins - Minister for Finance 1919-22   Andrew McCarthy     54
Collins and Intelligence 1919-1923   Eunan O'Halpin     70
Michael Collins - A Military Leader   Peter Young     83
Michael Collins - The Northern Question 1916-1922   Eamon Phoenix     94
Michael Collins - The Legacy and the Intestacy   John Regan     119
Michael Collins - his Biographers Piaras Beaslai and Rex Taylor   Deirdre McMahon     129
Heroic Biographies in Folklore and Popular Culture   Diarmuid O Giollain     136
Dev and Mick - The 1922 Split as Social Psychological Event   Tom Garvin     147
'The Freedom to Achieve Freedom? The Political Ideas of Collins and De Valera   Martin Mansergh     156
'Sorrow but no Despair - the Road is Marked' The Politics of Funerals in post-1916 Ireland   Gabriel Doherty   Dermot Keogh     186
Michael Collins - An Overview   Ronan Fanning     201
Notes     209

Editorial Reviews

'A fascinating and varied work that is concise, stimulating and challenged my previous understanding. I highly recommend this book as it will develop your knowledge and develop your perceptions of events today. - Mr C. Kelly.

'The Neil Jordan film Michael Collins is mentioned in many of the essays included in this book, usually as a catalyst for the re-examination of both the revolutionary period from 1916 to 1921 and of the extraordinary contributions of Michael Collins. This is not a book for the beginner, but if you want to add to your knowledge of Michael Collins and of how this eventful period in Irish history has been viewed in Ireland, it is an excellent book which presents multiple viewpoints.' - P. Melrose

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