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This book analyses local politics in Limerick from 1898 to 1918, reaching back to the Parnellite split and forward to the post-independence era. It explores at local level the relevance of the commemoration of 1798, the reunification of the Irish Parliamentary Party, and the emergence of multiple cultural political movements as well as the demise of Unionism. The question posed is twofold: whether nationalist constitutional politics changed over this time period on the one hand, and whether they were driven by local or national concerns on the other. The conclusion is that the spirit of...

This book examines the impact of World War One on the people of Limerick. It traces how recruitment, which was weak at the commencement of the war increased locally after the leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party, John Redmond issued his call for Irish nationalists and others to enlist and as the war progressed how Sinn Fein separatists impinged on recruiting efforts. It also shows that the British War Office were unwitting contributors to the separatists cause by their ill conceived actions that only assisted them in their political cause and anti-recruiting campaign. It also shows that...