Laois: The Irish Revolution, 1912–23 by Cormac Moore
Thursday, 3rd April, 7pm, Portlaoise Library
Guest speaker: Charlie Flanagan (former government minister) & Sean Fleming TD
RSVP: Four Courts Press | info@fourcourtspress.ie
Portlaoise Library is delighted to host the launch of Cormac Moore’s eagerly awaited publication on the revolutionary period in County Laois. The turbulent period from 1912 to 1923 had a profound impact on Laois – politically, economically and socially. The land question became prominent in Laois from the late nineteenth century onward and remained so throughout the Irish Revolution. Cormac Moore explores how Laois experienced seismic national events – the third home rule crisis, the First World War, the 1916 Easter Rising, the War of Independence and the Civil War.
Cormac Moore’s book provides a comprehensive account of how the Irish Revolution affected all sections of society in Laois and how its effects reverberated for years thereafter.
Cormac Moore, a Laois native, has a PhD from De Montfort
University, Leicester, and is an historian-in-residence with Dublin
City Council. A columnist with the Irish News, he edits its ‘On This
Day’ segment.
