{"product_id":"na-fianna-eireann-and-the-irish-revolution-1909-23-scouting-for-rebels-9781526156129","title":"Na Fianna ÉIreann and the Irish Revolution,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book provides a scholarly yet accessible account of the Irish nationalist youth organisation Na Fianna Éireann and its contribution to the Irish Revolution in the period 1909–23. Countess Constance Markievicz and Bulmer Hobson established Na Fianna Éireann, or the Irish National Boy Scouts, as an Irish nationalist antidote to Robert Baden-Powell’s scouting movement founded in 1908. Between their establishment in 1909 and near decimation during the Irish Civil War of 1922–23, Na Fianna Éireann recruited, trained and nurtured a cadre of young nationalist activists who made an essential contribution to the struggle for Irish independence. This book will be of interest to historians and students specialising in the history of the Irish Revolution, youth culture, paramilitarism and twentieth-century Ireland.  It will also appeal to the general reader with an interest in the history of the Irish Revolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ten years after Hay (Dublin City Univ.) revived the memory of a forgotten Irish Republican Brotherhood member in \u003ci\u003eBulmer Hobson and the Nationalist Movement in Twentieth-Century Ireland \u003c\/i\u003e(2009), she is back with \u003ci\u003eNa Fianna Éireann and the Irish Revolution, 1909–23.\u003c\/i\u003e As in her previous work, Hay reveals the importance of the Irish National Boy Scouts, or \u003ci\u003eNa Fianna Éireann\u003c\/i\u003e, to the Irish Revolution in the years 1909–23. In a conversational tone that eschews academic jargon, this book is both insightful and thoroughly researched. An unusual and welcome feature are four appendixes that identify key pieces of information about \u003ci\u003eFianna \u003c\/i\u003emembers, such as their birth and death dates, who gave witness statements, and who received pensions. For scholars who are tasked with reviving the memories of marginalized figures from the past, as well as for family members who are seeking to piece together genealogies, the raw data organized in these handy tables is invaluable.'\u003cbr\u003eChoice Connect\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A must-read for both academics and non-academics alike.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Historical Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A well-conceived and well-crafted study, which addresses a significant lacuna in the historiography of revolutionary Ireland.'\u003cbr\u003eDarragh Gannon, University College Dublin, \u003ci\u003eStudia Hibernica\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Na Fianna Éireann in context\u003cbr\u003e2 The countess and the Quaker\u003cbr\u003e3 A handful of boys against the British Empire, 1909–16\u003cbr\u003e4 Expansion and contraction, 1916–23\u003cbr\u003e5 Who joined the Fianna?\u003cbr\u003e6 The Fianna experience\u003cbr\u003e7 Moulding minds and marketing martyrdom\u003cbr\u003e8 Youth in arms\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041021100375,"sku":"9781526156129","price":21.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781526156129.jpg?v=1750948628","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/na-fianna-eireann-and-the-irish-revolution-1909-23-scouting-for-rebels-9781526156129","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}