Gwynn, a Nationalist MP who served in the war himself, writes from his leader’s papers about the years from the Home Rule Bill of 1912 to Redmond’s death in 1918. He covers the rival volunteer forces, Redmond’s call for Irishmen to enlist, the raising of the Irish brigades, the Rising of 1916 and its aftermath, and the failing Irish Convention.
A loyal but searching insider’s account of the moment constitutional Irish nationalism was overtaken. Download the free EPUB.