A Nation and Not a Rabble: The Irish Revolution 1913-1923 | Prof Diarmaid Ferriter

Thanks for viewing and please subscribe for regular videos. Packed with violence, political drama and social and cultural upheaval, the years 1913-1923 saw the emergence in Ireland of the Ulster Volunteer Force to resist Irish home rule and in response, the Irish Volunteers, who would later evolve into the IRA. World War One, the rise of Sinn Féin, intense Ulster unionism and conflict with Britain culminated in the Irish war of Independence, which ended with a compromise Treaty with Britain and then the enmities and drama of the Irish Civil War. Drawing on an abundance of newly released archival material, witness statements and testimony from the ordinary Irish people who lived and fought through extraordinary times, A Nation and not a Rabble explores these revolutions. UCD Professor Diarmaid Ferriter highlights the gulf between rhetoric and reality in politics and violence, the role of women, the battle for material survival, the impact of key Irish unionist and republican leaders, as well as conflicts over health, land, religion, law and order, and welfare. Diarmaid Ferriter is Professor of Modern History at University College Dublin and is one of Ireland's best- known historians. He is a regular TV and radio broadcaster and newspaper columnist. His book publications include: The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000 (2004); Judging Dev: A Reassessment of the life and legacy of Eamon de Valera (2007); Occasions of Sin: Sex and Society in Modern Ireland (2009); and Ambiguous Republic: Ireland in the 1970s (2012).