Spirit of revolution

In this episode we discuss the recently published book,
Spirit of Revolution: Ireland from below, 1917–1923
. This edited volume looks at regional and local case studies during the
revolutionary period, highlighting the widespread radicalism – beyond the
national independence movement – that flourished around Ireland at the time in
land and housing action, labour mobilisation and trade unionism. We discuss the
volume with John Cunningham and Terry Dunne, who are co-editors of the book, as
well as both contributing individual chapters.

John Cunningham works in the Department of History at the University of Galway
and is prominent in the Irish Centre for the Histories of Labour and Class. He
is a former editor of Saothar: journal of Irish Labour History, and is
currently writing a biography of Tom Glynn, an Irish-born activist and theorist
of the Industrial Workers of the World in Australia and South Africa. You can
read an
article by John on Tom Glynn on RTÉ’s Century Ireland website
.

Terry Dunne has a PhD in Sociology and has published widely on agrarian social
movements. He also writes and hosts the podcast
Peelers and Sheep: Rebel Tales From The Land. He
is currently researching agrarian politics during the Irish Revolution,
supported by the Royal Irish Academy. Terry previously spoke to us in
episode 22 on anti-war and activist movements, historical sociology, and “Peelers and Sheep”
.

Spirit of Revolution is published by
Four Courts Press and is available from their website
.

If you are listening to this episode at the time of publication in May 2024,
the book will have a launch in Dublin on Wednesday 29th of May at 6pm in Books
Upstairs on D’Olier Street, hosted by historian and previous guest on this
podcast, Mary Muldowney.