The Dead of the Irish Revolution

“A sobering book for anyone who views the partition of Ireland as a reasonable compromise. And even more sobering for anyone who might wish to set about dismantling what was established then.”—Colm Tóibín, Financial Times

“Draws on published work, including memoirs, contemporary newspaper reports and
accounts of participants...Detailing those killed in the conflict and the best information on how the deaths occurred.”—Charles Lysaght, Studies

“A highly significant work...Eunan O’Halpin and Daithí Ó Corráin have succeeded admirably.”—Dr. Rory Finegan, An Cosantóir

“An extremely important work that makes a very significant contribution to our understanding of the revolutionary period...An absorbing read”—Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc, History Ireland

“As close to a comprehensive picture of the human costs of this complex violence as we are ever likely to have...The sheer detail and complexity of the stories recorded here helps to break down and undermine simplistic historical narratives of this period.”—Stephen Hopkins, Cercles

“This is a truly astonishing piece of work…A work which will be of immense value to historians generally and to family historians in particular.”—Richard McMinn, Familia (Journal of the Ulster Genealogical and Historical Guild)

“Physically, the book is a beautiful production, elegantly laid out. It is also, to quote Diarmaid Ferriter, ‘a triumph of even-handed research’...This masterful book will be indispensable to all students of the period. The authors are owed a deep debt of gratitude.”—Cian Flaherty, Decies (Journal of the Waterford Archaeological and Historical Society)

"A truly remarkable piece of work, on a heroic scale. It forms a complex, illuminating narrative of the lived experience of armed conflict, the nature of insurgent forces and their relationship with the people, and the
operations of the security forces. Exceptional."—Charles Townshend, author of Easter 1916

"Promises to be the outstanding volume of the decade of commemorations."—Tom Bartlett, editor of The Cambridge History of Ireland

"Unique and powerful. A towering monument to all those who died as a result of the Irish Revolution."—Diarmaid Ferriter, Professor of Modern Irish History, University College Dublin

"This astonishing work intimately documents the deaths of the Irish Revolution. It will transform scholarship on the period."—Margaret O’Callaghan, author of British High Politics and a Nationalist Ireland