Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Notes:

Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_).

Additional Transcriber’s Notes are at the end.

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IRELAND IN TRAVAIL

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TO E. A. N. AND G. M. L.

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IRELAND IN TRAVAIL

BY JOICE M. NANKIVELL
AUTHOR OF “THE SOLITARY PEDESTRIAN”

AND SYDNEY LOCH
AUTHOR OF “THE STRAITS IMPREGNABLE”

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1922

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_All rights reserved_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. 47--AGENT (S. L.) 1

Called up--Another acquaintance--Below the
surface--Through a window.

II. WE CROSS TO DUBLIN (J. M. N.) 10

On board--After curfew--We arrive.

III. I COME ACROSS 47 (S. L.) 17

Stephen’s Green--On the stroke--Cumann na
mBan--Good advice.

IV. FINDING A ROOF (J. M. N.) 27

Mrs. Slaney--We take a flat--Au revoir.

V. WE SETTLE IN (J. M. N.) 34

Mrs. Slaney indignant--We dine.

VI. WE MAKE ACQUAINTANCES (J. M. N., S. L.) 38

A Beau Brummell--Signs of the times--An
introduction--Money for nothing--A tram
ride.

VII. THE BIRTH OF SINN FEIN (S. L.) 48

The beginning--The Celtic revival--The
Phœnix--Capital _versus_ Labour--Murder
gang--Bad to worse--Black-and-
Tans--Disturbed areas--Reprisal.

VIII. AUTUMN WEARS OUT (S. L.) 66

The game of bluff--Passers-by--Wanted
men--Templemore--Our mutual friend--Hard
at work--A lonely life.

IX. THE HUNGER STRIKE (S. L.) 81

The great fast--A Dublin funeral--The
night watch--A mysterious visitor--Kevin
Barry--November ends.

X. BLOODY SUNDAY (J. M. N.) 94

Terrible news--A Sunday
evening--Unhonoured and unsung.

XI. AFTERMATH (S. L.) 101

In full cry--In the crowd--A chance
meeting.

XII. VISIT TO A TOP STORY (J. M. N.) 109

Watching and waiting--Money for
nothing--Au revoir.

XIII. FROM THE HOUSETOP (S. L., J. M. N.) 116

The Central Hotel--A brief haven--A top
story--Down below--Lies, all
lies!--Loyalist and Republican--The
first raid--England’s market garden.

XIV. AN AT HOME (J. M. N.) 133

A Christmas box--Old Meg--Curlewed--A
Unionist.

XV. HEIGHT OF THE TERROR (S. L.) 142

Day by day--Building a Republic--President
De Valera--The pendulum--_Irish
Bulletin_--Reprisals--The gods must laugh.

XVI. THE MINISTER OF PROPAGANDA (J. M. N.) 156

A piece of news--An innocent man--Real
dotes.

XVII. CAPTURE OF A CABINET MINISTER (J. M. N.) 162

Mrs. Slaney is uneasy--Open, the
military!--Harbouring rebels--His tea.

XVIII. WINTER WEARS OUT (S. L.) 170

Spreading the news--A
Republican--Propaganda--Waste!
Waste!--Day and night--The City ambushes.

XIX. MRS. O’GRADY’S FOREBODINGS (J. M. N.) 183

Mrs. O’Grady is prudent--Enter Mrs. Slaney.

XX. TO DUBLIN CASTLE (S. L.) 189

Raided again--A new acquaintance--A
find--A late call--The journey done.

XXI. INSIDE THE CASTLE (S. L.) 200

To bed--The Auxiliary at home--Into the
fire--Thirteen at table--An outing.

XXII. LOST: A HUSBAND (J. M. N.) 211

A strained situation--Gelignite!--Next
morning--Dublin Castle--In the
maze--Room 13--F Company--Found.

XXIII. LAST WEEKS OF WAR (S. L.) 229

Spring and peace--The Customs
House--The Auxiliary Cadets--A brisk
affair--Ballykinler--Under the
whip--Mrs. Slaney indignant.

XXIV. THE COMING OF SUMMER (S. L.) 244

Corner-boys--Hands up--Erskine
Childers--The phantom army--In Phœnix
Park--The old order changeth.

XXV. THE EVE OF PEACE (J. M. N.) 257

Ambushed--Only another
ambush--Patriots--The final raid--To
rack and ruin.

XXVI. THE TWELFTH OF JULY (S. L.) 268

North and South--King William--The great
day--The trysting-ground--Patches of
splendour.

XXVII. TRUCE (S. L.) 279

Changed times--The final settlement--The
last of 47--Dail Eireann--Leave them
there.

XXVIII. LAST OF IRELAND (J. M. N.) 291

An avatar--Good-bye to Ireland.

XXIX. LOOKING BACK (S. L.) 297

Hag-ridden--Two alternatives--The hopeful
present.

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