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OverviewIt is the Spring of 1919. The shots are already fired in the Irish War of Independence and the separatist Dail Eireann holds its first public session. In Limerick, Ireland's fourth largest city, the workers and their representatives take over running the city and their action is declared a `Soviet'. The British authorities see it as a serious threat to their rule in Ireland. The workers are protesting against a severe military law that requires them to get special passes and be checked going to and from work. The restrictions follow the IRA shooting of a policeman and wounding of another while rescuing a Republican hunger striker from hospital. He, too, is wounded and dies. The workers control every aspect of life -production and distribution of food, opening and closing of shops, prices, transport. They publish their own newspaper and uniquely issue their own currency. Their initial success is built on a local alliance of Socialist, Republican and trade union forces, with the tacit support of Catholic clergy. However, when the workers seek a general strike, the national leaderships of these disparate groups are opposed and abandon them. The outcome is an honourable draw but the militant spirit of Limerick's women and men inspires more than a hundred other soviets across Ireland in the revolutionary years 1919 to 1923. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Liam CahillPublisher: Orla Kelly Publishing Imprint: Orla Kelly Self Publishing Services ISBN: 9781912328413ISBN 10: 1912328410 Pages: 214 Publication Date: 18 April 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAuthor's Bio v Praise for the 1990 edition of `Forgotten Revolution' vii Acknowledgments xiii Foreword to the Centenary Edition xvii Abbreviations xix Map xx Chapter One: Robert Byrne - Republican, Trade Unionist and Hunger Striker 1 Chapter Two: An Inquest and a Funeral 20 Chapter Three: Soldiers, Strikers and Citizens 27 Chapter Four: Food, Money and Newspapers 37 Chapter Five: The World Watches 44 Chapter Six: Compromise and Confrontation 53 Chapter Seven: Bosses and Clergy 61 Chapter Eight: Defeat or Draw? 81 Chapter Nine: Green, Red and Orange 96 Chapter Ten: Why Limerick and Why April 1919? 107 Chapter Eleven: Shoulder to Shoulder 117 Chapter Twelve: Labour and Liberty 125 Chapter Thirteen: Analysis and Assessment 135 Chronology of Events 156 Sources 160 Index 173ReviewsLiam Cahill has chronicled the Limerick Soviet with skill and balance, driven neither by blind enthusiasm for its memory or by heavy-handed pedantry. Unlike the soviet, his book is a success.- Sean Dunne, The Irish Examiner; The story of the Limerick Soviet is told for the first time in this entertaining book. It is a fine addition to the now considerable volume of work of Labour historians and brings the Soviet justifiably back into the centre stage of our history.- Patrick Smyth, The Irish Times; A very readable narrative. Cahill, an experienced journalist and himself a good union man, looks as though he has produced a story that anyone could find interesting and the historians won't sniff at. Excellent notes, bibliography and index and quite a few photos.- Books Ireland; The establishment, maintenance and demise of the Limerick `Soviet' is a good story and Liam Cahill tells it very well. Of interest to a wide audience.- Peter Cassells, former General Secretary,Irish Congress of Trade Unions; Author InformationLiam Cahill is a historian and writer. He has researched and studied the Limerick Soviet for many years and has written, lectured and broadcast on it widely - in Irish and English. A lifelong trade unionist, he has held many representative positions in the Labour movement from branch to national level and is a former Political Correspondent and Economics Correspondent with RTE, Ireland's public broadcaster. He has worked as a public servant and as an adviser in government, politics, the private sector and with campaign groups. For many years, he edited a popular web site `An Fear Rua - The GAA Unplugged!'. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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