Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS vii
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS xi
5. ABBREVIATIONS xiv
6. I. ‘DAYS OF GRANDEUR AND GRAVITY’: The Great War, 1914–18
7. 1. ‘THE IRISH LANDLORDS HAVE BECOME THE VICTIMS OF A REVOLUTION’: BEFORE THE GREAT WAR, 1879–1914 1
8. 2. ‘THE UN-MARTIALLED LOYALISTS OF THE SOUTH’: THE GREAT WAR, PART I 29
9. 3. ‘ALL THE GENTRY HAVE SUFFERED’: THE GREAT WAR, PART II 61
10. II. ‘A BONFIRE FOR A GENERATION’: Burning the Big House, 1920–23
11. 4. ‘CASTLES, MANSIONS AND RESIDENCES WERE SENT UP IN FLAMES’ 93
12. 5. ‘I THINK THE GREED OF LAND IS AT THE ROOT OF THIS CLASS OF CRIME’ 135
13. III. ‘THIS IS WHAT YOUR PAST HERE MEANS TO US’: Destruction, Looting and Compensation
14. 6. ‘GRASS GROWS WHERE THE SALOONS WERE’: A CASE STUDY OF MITCHELSTOWN CASTLE 165
15. 7. ‘THERE WERE HENS ROOSTING ON VALUABLE OIL PAINTINGS’: DESTRUCTION AND LOOTING, 1920–23 179
16. 8. ‘SERMONS IN STONES’: COMPENSATING COUNTRY HOUSE OWNERS 208
17. IV. ‘THE LAST REMNANT OF IRISH LANDLORDISM’: Conclusion
18. 9. THE END OF REVOLUTION? 239
19. ENDNOTES 284
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 319
21. INDEX 335