Modern Ireland and Revolution: Ernie O'Malley in Context
Allen, Nicholas / Foster, Roy / O'Malley, Cormac K. H. In 1922, following a decade of political ferment and open bloodshed, the Irish Free State was established, became stabilised, and developed along conservative lines. During these years the prevailing impulse was to reprove the actions of republicans who had rejected the Anglo-Irish Treaty, leaving many great revolutionary voices left unheard. One mind, more agile than that of his contemporaries, belonged to Ernie O'Malley. It was through his v...