ILA Podcast #58: Spirit of Revolution: Ireland from below, 1917–1923 May 24, 2024
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Spirit of Revolution: Ireland from below, 1917–1923 – Irish Left Archive Podcast
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.
The Irish Left Archive Podcast website is at podcast.leftarchive.ie. You can follow us on the Fediverse (Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube etc.) at @ila@leftarchive.ie.
The Cedar Lounge Revolution 
I was at the launch in Books Upstairs this evening. And delighted to say that Mary Muldowney who formally launched the book, gave several plugs to the ILA podcast, encouraging everyone to listen to it.
I got the bould Brian Hanley to sign my copy. I’ve bought books before and not read them. If this one stays unread for the next six months, I’ll give it as a prize to whoever on here agrees most often with my considered points of view. T&Cs apply.
Had a chat with a comrade before the official talking started. They cautioned not to take too much heed of the outcome of the locals and Euros, pointing out that people know that the people elected in both have little or no power to do anything. And so people feel free to vote for whoever, and don’t give as serious and considered a vote as they would in a GE. They pointed to SF’s relatively poor showing in the last locals, followed by their massive vote in the GE a year or so later.
Also got stuck, in the conversation with this comrade, on the Irish for racists. So checked it out. Racist (adjective and noun) – ciníoch. Racists – cinígh. https://www.tearma.ie/q/racist/en/
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“If this one stays unread for the next six months, I’ll give it as a prize to whoever on here agrees most often with my considered points of view. T&Cs apply.“
That provenance has to increase the value of the book for collectors and, in due course, the Antiques Roadshow.
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In that case, I’ll be retiring on my stack of unrealised good intentions.
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Fair play to Mary Muldowney, good of her to give us a plug.
Interesting on the Irish term. The dictionary’s on teanglann.ie give “ciníoch” the more neutral meaning of “racial” – though all the examples seem to only refer to the noun form of “races”: https://www.teanglann.ie/ga/fgb/cin%c3%adoch
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tearma.ie has ciniúil for racial. So adjectives: ciníoch for racist and ciniúil for racial.
Noun: cine is a race and ciníocha are races.
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“Dictionary’s” for a plural… in a post about language. I’m not awake this morning.
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I wonder should there be a ban on posting comments before 10am, like how alcohol off sales are banned before a certain hour, just to allow us all to properly wake up before engaging in the day’s serious business of setting the world right? I know I’ve definitely posted comments first thing in the morning that, upon later rereading, I wonder what I was on about.
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