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Wounds

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by Fergal Keane


  The Times 106, 211

  Tithe War (1833) 55–6

  Todman, Horace 106

  Tone, Wolfe 56, 265

  Toomey, William 166, 168–9

  Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1836) 51

  Tralee 74, 87, 104, 148, 172, 173, 208, 237, 238, 241, 242

  Tralee barracks 169–70, 191

  Tralee Evening News 60

  Treaty of Sèvres (1920) 25

  Treaty of Versailles (1919) 24, 25

  Trench, William 59

  Trimble, David 275

  the Troubles (1968–98) 12–16, 260, 271–3 and note, 274–5, 295

  Truce (1921–22): acceptance and celebrations 206–9; as challenge to the Republicans 212; concerns and schisms 212–14; continued violence and retaliation 206, 207, 210–12, 213; increased recruitment into IRA 208; IRA and RIC standoffs 207–8; negotiators and architects of the peace 201–5; release of prisoners 208–9, 211; semblance of normality 209–10; signing of the Treaty 214–15

  Tudor, Lt Gen Henry 109, 110

  Ulster 11, 81, 137, 220, 260, 275

  Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) 12, 81–2, 84, 140

  Unionist Party 81

  Unionists 40, 82, 84, 85, 126, 141, 212 and note, 260, 274, 275

  United Irishmen 56; rebellion (1796) 53

  UVF see Ulster Volunteer Force

  Valera, Éamon de 126, 215, 218; attends Casement’s internment at Glasnevin cemetery 8; avoids execution after Rising 88; believes Treaty to be best deal on offer 215; blamed for death of Michael Collins 233–4; depth of loathing for 255–6; desire for sovereignty and unity of the island 258, 259–60; economic war with Britain 280 and note; emollient tone with Lloyd George 212; forms Fianna Fáil and remains in power for sixteen years 250–1; gives his ‘wade through blood’ speech at Killarney 222; lyrical imagining of Ireland 258–9; recognises danger of private armies 254; retires from public life 272; sidelined during the Civil War 246–7; steps down as Taoiseach 259; Street Ballad concerning 255–6; takes salute at Easter Sunday parade (1966) 9; walks out of Treaty debate in the Dáil 221; wins landslide victory in by-election 88, 91

  Vere, Aubrey de 116

  Vicars, Sir Arthur 212; attacked and killed by IRA 187–91, 197; body brought to St John’s under military guard 267; character and description 132–3; enjoys a late happy marriage 132; family background and education 129–30; involvement in local affairs 132–3; love for Kilmorna house 131–2; negligence in the loss of the Irish Crown jewels 130–1; perceived as police and military collaborator 187, 188–9; refuses to let IRA open his strong room 141, 185, 187–8; serves as Ulster King of Arms 130; welcomes the company of young army officers 133, 141, 160

  Vicars, Gertrude Wright, Lady 132, 190, 191

  Victoria, Queen 36, 119

  Volunteers see Irish Volunteers

  Wallace, Rev 267

  Walmesley, Charles (‘Signor Pastorini’) 54

  Walsh, Sir John Benn 67

  Walsh, Patrick 199–201, 212

  Walsingham, Sir Francis 4

  War of Independence (1919–21) 129; attacks on civilians 143–4; campaign of counter-terror in 270–1; casualties in 211–12 and note; discussion and questions concerning 16–17; female activists 144–5; final fatal spasms before the Truce 206, 207; importance of land in 49; lack of memorials for those killed in 31; numbers involved 2; police discrimination 38; Protestant allegiances 140; Truce and peace-making 201–15; violence, retaliation, ambush and reprisals 111–15, 143, 147–50, 151–60, 199–201, 294–5; war as local and personal 155–60; see also Civil War (1922–23); Easter Rising (1916); Irish Revolution (1911–23)

  Warren, Rev 267

  Washington, Harold 147

  Waterford 227

  Watson, Captain John Bidwell 109, 158, 169, 174, 185–6

  Watson, William 158

  Weekly Freeman’s Journal 148

  Weekly Summary 114

  Wesley, John 51

  When Do You Die, Friend? (TV drama) 9

  Whiteboys 50–4, 167

  Whitehead, Marshall 147

  William II 54

  Wilmot, Amelia 290–1

  Wilmot, Captain 3

  Wilson, Sir Henry 26

  Winter, Colonel Ormonde 203

  Women’s Auxiliary Corps 170

  Wright, Gertrude see Vicars, Lady Gertrude Wright

  Wyse-Power, Charles 89

  Yeats, W.B. 30, 37, 140, 265

  Yorkshire Post 142

  Young, Arthur 52, 134–5

  Young Irelander movement 95n

  By the Same Author

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  All of These People: A Memoir

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  Season of Blood: Into the Heart of Rwanda

  A Stranger’s Eye: A Foreign Correspondent’s View of Britain

  Letters Home

  About the Author

  Fergal Keane is one of the BBC’s most distinguished war correspondents. He has been awarded a BAFTA and named reporter of the year on television and radio, winning honours from the Royal Television Society and the Sony Radio Awards. He has also been named Reporter of the Year in the Amnesty International Press Awards and won the James Cameron Memorial Prize and the Edward R. Murrow Award from the US Overseas Press Association. His books include the Orwell Prize-winning Season of Blood, Letter to Daniel, All of These People and Road of Bones, about the siege of Kohima in 1944.

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