User:Denis Cavanagh

I am a history student in Dublin, Ireland, currently in third year. In a dream scenario I would like to remain in university for the rest of my life, in one form or another, as a lecturer or researcher. However, its likely that worldly distractions like money (And lack thereof) will raise its ugly head.

I am principally a history author, though have dabbled in Politics here as well.

Some may place me in a vague 'liberal' school of historical thought. Frankly, I just read, and let the evidence write itself.

The course of Irish history, 1912 - 1924

This is following on from a list I had up here some time ago, but much more specialised. Its not exactly linear or accurate, just a list of topics which spring to mind and hopefully (Some day) will get written. The difference between this list and the one I used to have up is that this one focuses on a very narrow ten year period, a decade of metamorphis for the budding Irish nation. Also, feel free to add to the list. I will add to it as I think of new topics. I know there are things here that I have overlooked. I hope that not too far in the future there will be an Irish history workgroup.

At the moment I'll be doing a lot of work in this particular area. I intend to dabble into the crusades and 18th/19th century historians (Gibbon, Gibbon, Gibbon!) at some point also.

Broad, survey topics

•  Easter Rising: A revolt against the Anglo-Irish union, starting on Easter Monday, 1916 ^[e]
• Anglo-Irish War: Add brief definition or description
• Irish Republican Brotherhood: Add brief definition or description
•  Irish Republican Army: Add brief definition or description
• Royal Irish Constabulary: Add brief definition or description
• Black and Tans: Add brief definition or description
• Sinn Féin Party: Add brief definition or description
• Dáil Eireann: Add brief definition or description
•  Irish Free State: Dominion of the British Empire between 1922-1948. Formed following the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty, ended with the declaration of the Republic of Ireland in 1948. ^[e]

Biographies

In no particular order or hierarchy.

•  Michael Collins: Irish revolutionary leader who led negotiations at the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Lead the pro-treaty side during the Irish Civil War. ^[e]
• Eamon De Valera: Add brief definition or description
•  Arthur Griffith: (1871-1922) The founding father of the Sinn Fein Party. ^[e]
•  Richard Mulcahy: Richard Mulcahy (1886-1971), Irish revolutionary and politician. ^[e]
• Harry Boland: Add brief definition or description
•  Padraig Pearse: (10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916) Dublin-born teacher, writer and Irish nationalist, and one of the leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, for which he was court-martialled and, with his brother Willie, executed by firing squad. ^[e]
•  James Connolly: (June 5, 1868 – May 12, 1916) A leader of the Easter Rising in 1916 in Ireland. ^[e]
• Jim Larkin: Add brief definition or description
• Hannah Sheehy-Skeffington: Add brief definition or description
• Constance Georgine Markiewicz: Add brief definition or description
•  Eoin Mc Neill: Add brief definition or description
•  Cathal Brugha: (1874-1922), President of Dáil Éireann, formerly Charles William St. John Burgess but changed his name, influenced by the Irish-Ireland movement. ^[e]
• Austin Stack: Add brief definition or description
• W.T. Cosgrave: Add brief definition or description
• Michael Brennan: Add brief definition or description
•  Tom Barry: Tom Barry (1897-1980) was an Irish revolutionary and folk hero who lead a flying column during the Irish War of Independence. Following the war he fought in the Irish Civil War and remained a high ranking member of the Irish Republican Army until 1938. ^[e]
•  Liam Lynch: Irish revolutionary, commander in the Irish War of Independence and leader of the anti-treaty IRA in the Irish Civil War. ^[e]
• Ernie O'Malley: Add brief definition or description
• Seán Lemass: Add brief definition or description
• Tom Clarke: Add brief definition or description
• Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa: Add brief definition or description
• Ernest Blythe: Add brief definition or description
• Seán Mac Eoin: Add brief definition or description
• Erskine Childers: Add brief definition or description
• George Gavan Duffy: Add brief definition or description
• {{rpl|Sir Roger Casemant
• Thomas Johnson: Add brief definition or description

Social Movements

• 1913 Lockout
• Limerick Soviet
• Irish Labour Party
• The Democratic Programme