Na Fianna Éireann and the Irish Revolution, 1909-23 : Scouting for rebels / Marnie Hay.

This book provides a scholarly yet accessible account of the Irish nationalist youth organisation Na Fianna Eireann and its contribution to the Irish Revolution in the period 1909-23. Countess Constance Markievicz and Bulmer Hobson established Na Fianna Eireann, or the Irish National Boy Scouts, as...

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Main Author: Hay, Marnie (Author)
Other title:Scouting for rebels.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Na Fianna Eireann in context
  • The countess and the Quaker
  • A handful of boys against the British Empire, 1909-16
  • Expansion and contraction, 1916-23
  • Who joined the Fianna?
  • The Fianna experience
  • Moulding minds and marketing martyrdom
  • Youth in arms.