Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Prologue
1. Easter 1916
2. Interesting Times
3. The Labour Party
4. The Trades Union Congress
5. Alternatives
6. Voices from Below
7. Socialism and Nationalism
8. Ulster
9. The Treaty
10. Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Geoffrey Bell was born in Belfast and has written extensively about Ireland and British attitudes to 'The Troubles', past and recent, for print, television and exhibitions. These include Protestants of Ulster (Pluto), and Pack Up the Troubles (Channel Four).

Reviews

'The definitive account of the response of the British labour movement to the Easter Rising and Irish War of Independence'

-- John Newsinger, Professor of History at Bath Spa University, and author of 'The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire' (2000)

'A very well written and closely researched account ... very much a post-revisionist history of the Irish Revolution and its aftermath placed in the context of the interconnected and shared histories between Britain and Ireland'

-- Mary Hickman, Professorial Research Fellow, Centre for Irish Studies at St. Mary's University, and co-author of 'Migration and Social Cohesion in the UK' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012)

'This is clearly a definitive account of the British left's problematic relations with Ireland. It is highly recommended to all who have an interest in the Irish Question then and now'

-- NW Labour History Journal

'Well worth reading'

-- Chartist

'A timely, provocative and important book'

-- Labour History