Time of the Tans - An Oral History of the War of Independence in County Clare

This book tells the stories of a period that has dominated the historical consciousness of Ireland. These memories breathe new life into an enduringly important period in modern Irish history.

About the author

An award-winning oral historian from County Clare. Tomás completed a PhD at the University of Limerick in 2015, which explored the memory of the Irish War of Independence. He began recording oral history as a teenager and is now regarded as one of the leading oral historians in Ireland. He was the founder of Cuimhneamh an Chláir (Memories of Clare) and was commended by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins with a Comhaltas Forógra na Cásca Centenary Award in 2016. In 2017, he published Days of Hunger and in 2019, his twenty-year oral history collection work, The Time of the Tans was published by Mercier Press.

Summary

This book tells the stories of a period that has dominated the historical consciousness of Ireland. These memories breathe new life into an enduringly important period in modern Irish history.

Product details

• Authors: Tomas Mac Conmara, Dr. Tomas Mac Conmara, Tomas Mac Conmara, Tomás Mac Conmara
• Publisher: MERCIER PRESS TD
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2019
• EAN: 9781781175293
• ISBN: 978-1-78117-529-3
• No. of pages: 320
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History