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Summary:

Donegal was the bastion of Home Rule conservative nationalism during the tumultuous period 1911́ђأ25, while County Derry was a stronghold of hard-line unionism. In this time of immense political upheaval between these cultural and social majorities lay the deeply symbolic, religiously and ethnically divided, and potentially combustible, Derry City. What had once been a distinct, unified, socio-economic and cultural area (to nationalists and unionists alike) became an international frontier or borderland, overshadowed by the bitter legacy of Partition. The region was the hardest hit by the implementation of Partition, affecting all levels of society.This completely new interpretation of the history of the Irish north-west provides a fair and balanced portrait of a divided borderland and addresses key arguments in Irish history and the history of revolution, counter-revolution, feuds and state-building.Ambitious and novel in its approach, Forging the Border: Donegal and Derry in Times of Revolution, 1911́ђأ1925 fills an important lacuna, and challenges long-held assumptions and beliefs about the road to partition in the north-west.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Ìf Ulster Succeeds, Home Rule is Dead': The Polarisation of Politics in the North-West, 1910
• 14
• 2. À Matter of Life or Death': The Militarisation of the North-West, 1910
• 14
• 3. ̀Donegal had Sent the Least Numbers of Men to Swell the Armies of Britain': The Impact of the First World War on the North-West, Recruitment, Opposition and Apathy
• 4. Ỳou have Let Hell Loose in Ireland': Political Transformations, 1916
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• 5. ̀Donegal is Awake in Earnest Now': The IRA and the War of Independence
• 6. ̀Rumours that they were all Mad Cork Men with Lewis Guns': The IRA and the War of Independence
• 7. ̀Derry is Quite Likely to be Destroyed': Derry City, 1919
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• 8. Ì Came Up from the South of Ireland to Make You Buggers Fight': The North-West from the Civil War to the Boundary Commission
• 9. Game is Up': The North-West from the Civil War to the Boundary Commission
• 10. À Microcosm of the Irish Question'.

Author/Creator:

Ozseker, Okan , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Forging the border: Donegal and Derry in times of revolution, 1911-1925 [by Ozseker, O.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: FORGING THE BORDER [by OZSEKER, O.] ([Place of publication not identified] : IRISH ACADEMIC, 2019 — ISBN 1788550706)

Subjects:

Donegal (Ireland : County) — History — 20th century

Northern Ireland — History — 20th century

Ireland — History — Partition, 1921

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

DA960 .O97 2019eb

ISBNs:

9781788550734 (electronic bk.)
1788550730 (electronic bk.)
1788550706 [Invalid]
9781788550703 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1091627701

Other Control Numbers:

2096056 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp16145227