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Post-revisionism: Conflict (Ir)resolution and the Limits of Ambivalence in Kevin McCarthy’s Peeler

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McAteer M.

Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture

2018

issue 8

9-24

This essay considers a historical novel of recent times in revisionist terms, Kevin McCarthy’s debut novel of 2010, Peeler. In doing so, I also address the limitations that the novel exposes within Irish revisionism. I propose that McCarthy’s novel should be regarded more properly as a post-revisionist work of literature. A piece of detective fiction that is set during the Irish War of Independence from 1919 to 1921, Peeler challenges the romantic nationalist understanding of the War as one of heroic struggle by focusing its attention on a Catholic member of the Royal Irish Constabulary. In considering the circumstances in which Sergeant Seán O’Keefe finds himself as a policeman serving a community within which support for the IRA campaign against British rule is strong, the novel sheds sympathetic light on the experience of Catholic men who were members of the Royal Irish Constabulary until the force was eventually disbanded in 1922. At the same time, it demonstrates that the ambivalence in Sergeant O’Keefe’s attitudes ultimately proves unsustainable, thereby challenging the value that Irish revisionism has laid upon the ambivalent nature of political and cultural circumstances in Ireland with regard to Irish-British relations. In the process, I draw attention to important connections that McCarthy’s Peeler carries to Elizabeth Bowen’s celebrated novel of life in Anglo-Irish society in County Cork during the period of the Irish War of Independence: The Last September of 1929.

Ewolucja taktyki wojennej Irlandczyków i Brytyjczyków podczas wojny o niepodległość Irlandii w latach 1919–1921

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Pawłowska A.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Historica

2017

issue 98

117-141

The article presents an analysis of the development of the Irish War of Independence in reference to the military doctrines, strategies and tactics used by both sides of the conflict. The issues have been discussed in a chronological order, starting at Soloheadbag ambush and spanning up to the signing of the Anglo-Irish peace treaty. During the analysis the following stages of conflict have been itemized: the period of fights between freshly established Irish Republican Army and Royal Irish Constabulary, nextly, the British response during which units called later Black and Tans and The Auxiliaries emerged. Then begins the phase of the escalation of violence ended by the events of The Bloody Sunday. Afterwards the stage of martial law and engaging regular troops in conflict ensued. The article is based on witnesses’ testimonies gathered by the Bureau of the Military History.

W artykule przeprowadzona została analiza przebiegu wojny o niepodległość Irlandii z punktu widzenia doktryny, strategii i taktyki wojskowej obu stron. Przyjęty został układ chronologiczny zagadnień, począwszy od zasadzki w Soloheadbag aż do podpisania angielsko-irlandzkiego traktatu pokojowego. Podczas analizy wyszczególnione zostały następujące etapy rozwoju konfliktu: okres walki kształtującej się dopiero Irlandzkiej Armii Republikańskiej z Królewską Policją Irlandzką, brytyjska odpowiedź, podczas której pojawiają się jednostki nazywane później Czarno-Brunatnymi i Posiłkowymi, oraz faza eskalacji przemocy zakończona wydarzeniami tzw. krwawej niedzieli. Po niej następuje etap stanu wojennego na terenie wyspy i zaangażowania w konflikt regularnego wojska brytyjskiego. Praca oparta jest na relacjach świadków wydarzeń zebranych przez Biuro Historii Militarnej Irlandii.

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Post-revisionism: Conflict (Ir)resolution and the Limits of Ambivalence in Kevin McCarthy’s Peeler

Ewolucja taktyki wojennej Irlandczyków i Brytyjczyków podczas wojny o niepodległość Irlandii w latach 1919–1921