Michael Davitt : from the Gaelic American /

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Devoy, John, 1842-1928.
Imprint:Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 2008.
Description:168 p. ; 19 cm.
Language:English
Series:Classics of Irish history, 1393-6883
Classics of Irish history.
Subject:Davitt, Michael, -- 1846-1906.
Davitt, Michael, -- 1846-1906.
Irish Republican Brotherhood.
Land League (Ireland)
Irish Republican Brotherhood.
Land League (Ireland)
Revolutionaries -- Ireland -- Biography.
Revolutionaries.
Ireland -- History -- 1837-1901.
Ireland.
History
Biography.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7640448
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other uniform titles:Gaelic American (New York, NY : 1903)
Other authors / contributors:MCCORMACK, W.J.
King, Carla.
ISBN:9781904558736 (pbk.)
1904558739 (pbk.)
Notes:First published in instalments in the Gaelic American in 1906.
Includes bibliographical references.
Other form:Online version: Devoy, John, 1842-1928. Michael Davitt. Dublin : University College Dublin Press, 2008
Description
Summary:"Michael Davitt: From the Gaelic American" tells the story of a collaboration between two giants of late nineteenth-century Irish nationalism: John Devoy and Michael Davitt, in the formulation of the New Departure and the early emergence of the land agitation. Devoy (1842-1928), a Fenian who assisted James Stephens in his escape from Richmond prison, only later to be imprisoned himself for administering the Fenian oath, was to spend most of his adult life in exile in the United States. He was a leading figure in Clan na Gael and a journalist for the "New York Herald" and later edited the "Gaelic American", in which this account of Davitt was serialised. Michael Davitt (1846-1906), once a major figure in the Irish Republican Brotherhood went on to found the Irish National Land League. Although both men shared similar hopes for the Irish nation their methods and approaches were to diverge, and they fell out in 1882. This memoir is particularly informative for the period between 1878 and 1880, when the New Departure was initiated. However, Devoy asserts that Davitt remained more loyal to the Fenian ideals than most of his contemporaries recognised.
Item Description:First published in instalments in the Gaelic American in 1906.
Physical Description:168 p. ; 19 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781904558736 (pbk.)
1904558739 (pbk.)
ISSN:1393-6883