William Murphy is an historian of the political and cultural history of modern Ireland. The North American Society for Sport History named The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009, which he co-edited, best edited collection of 2009.

• Introduction ; 1. 'What is good enough for the suffragettes': Ireland, 1912-1914 ; 2. 'In place of an Academy we have a jail': Ireland, Summer 1915 - Easter 1916 ; 3. 'Nowhere else does one learn to know a colleague so well': May 1916 - June 1917 ; 4. 'Hunger-Strike Mania': Ireland, June 1917- June 1918 ; 5. 'The same walls & doors & gates & persons': Internment (Britain) May 1918 - March 1919 ; 6. 'Out with the warrants, set on the G men, roll up the Black Marias, fill up the jails': June 1918 - July 1919 ; 7. 'You will find they will climb down': August 1919-June 1920 ; 8. 'The Tower of Hunger': August-November 1920 ; 9. 'Home Rule within the Empire': November 1920 - June 1921 ; 10. 'Every internee was a centre of disaffection': Truce to Treaty ; 11. 'The gates are thrown open' ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Appendices

Political Imprissonment in Ireland marks the appearance of a significant publication relating to Ireland's revolutionary decade. This is the first comprehensive study of political imprisonment in the years 1912 to 1921, when 6,129 men and women were either interned or imprisoned as a result of the unrest in the country in the aftermath of the 1916 rebellion and subsequent War of Independence.

William Murphy is an historian of the political and cultural history of modern Ireland. The North American Society for Sport History named The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009, which he co-edited, best edited collection of 2009.

• Introduction ; 1. 'What is good enough for the suffragettes': Ireland, 1912-1914 ; 2. 'In place of an Academy we have a jail': Ireland, Summer 1915 - Easter 1916 ; 3. 'Nowhere else does one learn to know a colleague so well': May 1916 - June 1917 ; 4. 'Hunger-Strike Mania': Ireland, June 1917- June 1918 ; 5. 'The same walls & doors & gates & persons': Internment (Britain) May 1918 - March 1919 ; 6. 'Out with the warrants, set on the G men, roll up the Black Marias, fill up the jails': June 1918 - July 1919 ; 7. 'You will find they will climb down': August 1919-June 1920 ; 8. 'The Tower of Hunger': August-November 1920 ; 9. 'Home Rule within the Empire': November 1920 - June 1921 ; 10. 'Every internee was a centre of disaffection': Truce to Treaty ; 11. 'The gates are thrown open' ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Appendices

Political Imprissonment in Ireland marks the appearance of a significant publication relating to Ireland's revolutionary decade. This is the first comprehensive study of political imprisonment in the years 1912 to 1921, when 6,129 men and women were either interned or imprisoned as a result of the unrest in the country in the aftermath of the 1916 rebellion and subsequent War of Independence.

William Murphy is an historian of the political and cultural history of modern Ireland. The North American Society for Sport History named The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009, which he co-edited, best edited collection of 2009.

• Introduction ; 1. 'What is good enough for the suffragettes': Ireland, 1912-1914 ; 2. 'In place of an Academy we have a jail': Ireland, Summer 1915 - Easter 1916 ; 3. 'Nowhere else does one learn to know a colleague so well': May 1916 - June 1917 ; 4. 'Hunger-Strike Mania': Ireland, June 1917- June 1918 ; 5. 'The same walls & doors & gates & persons': Internment (Britain) May 1918 - March 1919 ; 6. 'Out with the warrants, set on the G men, roll up the Black Marias, fill up the jails': June 1918 - July 1919 ; 7. 'You will find they will climb down': August 1919-June 1920 ; 8. 'The Tower of Hunger': August-November 1920 ; 9. 'Home Rule within the Empire': November 1920 - June 1921 ; 10. 'Every internee was a centre of disaffection': Truce to Treaty ; 11. 'The gates are thrown open' ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Appendices

Political Imprissonment in Ireland marks the appearance of a significant publication relating to Ireland's revolutionary decade. This is the first comprehensive study of political imprisonment in the years 1912 to 1921, when 6,129 men and women were either interned or imprisoned as a result of the unrest in the country in the aftermath of the 1916 rebellion and subsequent War of Independence.