Atlas of the Irish Civil War - by O'Keeffe Hélène & John Crowley & Donal Ó Drisceoil & John Borgonovo & Mike Murphy (Hardcover)

About the Book

WINNER: Hodges Figgis History Book of the Year 2024, An Post Irish Book Awards

This new volume in the award-winning Atlas Series presents fresh perspectives on, and a nuanced understanding of, the history of the Irish Civil War (1922-3).

Book Synopsis

This new volume in the award-winning Atlas Series presents fresh perspectives on, and a nuanced understanding of, the history of the Irish Civil War (1922-3).

The centenary of the Civil War has prompted wide-ranging research into that tumultuous and complex period in Irish history. Featuring contributions from over ninety leading scholars from a range of disciplines, this book provides new insights into the conflict's regional, national and international dimensions. It includes the first-ever listing of Civil War fatalities and original explorations of issues including propaganda, gender, trauma, culture, labour, land and class.

Produced in partnership with the National Library of Ireland with support from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, the Atlas of the Irish Civil War: New perspectives is richly illustrated with over 400 photographs, archival documents and a series of newly created original maps. From the research team that produced the widely acclaimed Atlas of the Irish Revolution, this volume represents a major and accessible contribution to the historiography of a conflict that has cast a long shadow over Irish life.

Review Quotes

There is so much reckoning still to be done with this period in our history that is part of what Conor Cruise O'Brien, in his essay on James Joyce's The Dead, called twilight history - "a twilight zone of time, stretching back for a generation or two before we were born, which never quite belongs to the rest of history". Atlas brilliantly starts up that conversation, with many vital new dimensions.--Emily Hourican "The Sunday Independent"

The publication by Cork University Press of the Atlas of the Great Irish Famine, and Atlas of the
Irish Revolution, are in the realm highly significant in their contribution to Irish Historical
studies, because of the breadth, and depth of topics examined by a multitude of highly
regarded Historians and writers. The latest publication in this series Atlas of the Irish Civil
War, completes this trilogy and has eminently maintained the superb standard of its
predecessors. It is a genuine Magnum Opus.--Rory Finegan "An Cosantóir"

But this conflict has never been addressed so comprehensively as in this superb new Atlas of the Irish Civil War, published by Cork University Press. Containing fresh perspectives from over ninety contributors, with 400 photographs and new maps, it is a worthy companion to their 2017 Atlas of the Irish Revolution

--Dermot Bolger "Business Post"

This is now a formidable series of books which
presents Irish history and geography with imagination, innovation, scholarship
and engagement.--Catriona Crowe "The Irish Times"

Atlas of the Irish Civil War brings together the most distinguished scholars of Ireland to shed new light on the military events, political debates, social experiences, and impact of a war that changed the course of history. Carefully argued, lavishly illustrated, and beautifully produced, it will serve as the central text in the field for decades to come.--Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck, University of London

The Atlas of the Irish Civil War is another compelling
volume from Cork University Press. It lays bare as never before the tragedy of
the Civil War in all its bitterness, sadness and complexity. The newly researched maps and the hundreds of images that
accompany the text provide a range of fresh insights and nuanced ways of
comprehending this traumatic event and its profound and lasting legacy. In terms of scale it operates both at the global and the
local while also providing intimate portraits of the impact of the war on
families and individuals. The naming and mapping of the dead of the Civil War
is an achievement in itself. This superb publication is a model of interdisciplinary
scholarship and a magisterial contribution to our understanding of a defining
event in modern Irish history.

--Maurice Manning, Chancellor NUI -2009-24

The civil war, perhaps the most traumatic phase of the Irish revolution, is at last being studied with the careful objectivity it requires. This comprehensive, skilfully designed and superbly produced volume - approachable as well as scholarly - provides an ideal survey. It should be widely read.--Charles Townshend FBA, Professor Emeritus, Keele University

This is a landmark piece of work-as you would expect from the most exciting team working on the story of modern Ireland. Vivid, fair-minded and beautifully produced.--Fergal Keane, BBC correspondent and author