Marie Coleman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3766121 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marie Coleman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marie |
| FAMILY NAME | Coleman |
| SIGNATURE | COLEMAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University Belfast |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9021-8932 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Privileged Injuries
Following its War of Independence from Britain (1919–21) and subsequent Civil War (1922–3), the Irish Free State government introduced disability pension legislation to compensate revolutionaries and soldiers who had been wounded and the dependants of those who had died in the conflicts. The legislation was initially limited only to physical wounds, but this remit was extended in 1927 to cover mental illness and disease contracted during active s…
Protestant Depopulation in County Longford during the Irish Revolution, 1911-1926
The experience of the Protestant minority in Ireland during the years of the Irish revolution has been the subject of much academic and popular debate in recent years. At issue is the extent to which the decline by one-third of the Protestant population of the Irish Free State between 1911 and 1926 was a result either of intimidation, sectarianism or ethnic cleansing during the revolution itself, or of more mundane factors such as long-term patte…
In Global Context
This collection of essays is based on a conference hosted at the National University of Ireland Galway in June 1916, one of many academic and popular events held throughout Ireland, and beyond, during 2016 to commemorate the centenary of the Easter Rising. The conference and the ensuing volume seek to analyse the overall significance of the year 1916 and of the Easter Rising specifically outside the narrower confines of Ireland and the wider Unit…
There are thousands who will claim to have been ‘out’ during Easter Week.”
Using recently released archives from the Military Service Pensions Collection (MSPC), this article assesses the archival evidence available for assessing how many rebels are recognised as having military service in the Easter Rising of 1916. It argues that while the MSPC contributes towards a more accurate estimation of the number who participated in the Rising, especially in the regions outside Dublin, it does not constitute a definitive figure…
Military service pensions and the recognition and reintegration of guerrilla fighters after the Irish revolution
Recently released archives from the Irish military service pensions collection (M.S.P.C.) offer an important opportunity to examine the post-conflict experience of veterans of guerrilla warfare. Pensioning has been used effectively to study the post-conflict lives of veterans of conventional wars but analysis of the experience of guerrillas has been largely limited to the security threat posed to peace by these former combatants. The pensions awa…
Titanic
Compensating Irish Female Revolutionaries, 1916-1923
The newly released Irish Military Service Pensions Collection offers the most comprehensive opportunity to examine the role of women in the Irish revolution (1916–23) or in any comparable nationalist revolution. It is also an extremely useful source of evidence for an emerging historiographical trend of tracing the post-revolutionary lives of female veterans by examining the award of service pensions to them by that state. This article will exami…
Jason Knirck. Afterimage of the Revolution
In his book Afterimage of the Revolution: Cumann na nGaedheal and Irish Politics, 1922–1932, Jason Knirck follows up on his previous work that addresses the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 debates with this comprehensive and thematic study of the first government of the Irish Free State. It is a welcome addition to what has become a popular subject for study, following Ciara Meehan’s The Cosgrave Party: A History of Cumann na nGaedheal, 1922–1923 (201…
The Irish Revolution, 1916-1923
This concise study of Ireland’s revolutionary years charts the demise of the home rule movement and the rise of militant nationalism that led eventually to the partition of Ireland and independence for southern Ireland. The book provides a clear chronology of events but also adopts a thematic approach to ensure that the role of women and labour are examined, in addition to the principal political and military developments during the period. Incor…
Military Service Pensions for Veterans of the Irish Revolution, 1916–1923
In 1924 the Irish Free State government passed legislation to award pensions to veterans of the Irish revolution and Civil War. This article argues that the motivation for the pensions was the need to placate the national army after a failed mutiny in 1924 and that this explains their unusual nature in being based on service alone rather than disability. It will also explore the problems this created for defining service, examine the extension of…
The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009
Book Review| July 01 2011 The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009 Cronin Mike, William Murphy, and Paul Rouse, eds. The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009. (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2009). Pp. xx+300. Notes and index. £25.00. Marie Coleman Marie Coleman Queen’s University, Belfast Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2011) 38 (2): 311–313. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.38.2.311 C…
The Irish Hospitals Sweepstake in the United States of America, 1930–39
From its foundation in 1930 until the end of 1934 the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake sold the overwhelming majority of its tickets in Great Britain. Alarmed at the success of an enterprise that was illegal in its jurisdiction and that resulted in a considerable financial drain to the Irish Free State’s hospital service, the British government enacted a Betting and Lotteries Act in 1934 to curtail the sale of Irish sweepstake tickets there. The result…
A Terrible Danger to the Morals of the Country’
Marie Coleman, 'A Terrible Danger to the Morals of the Country: The Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake in Great Britain 1930-87, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 105C, No. 5 (2005), pp. 197-220
The Origins of the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake
This article examines the two main reasons for the setting up of the Irish sweepstakes in 1930; the financial crisis facing voluntary hospitals and the tradition of using sweepstake gambling to raise funds for charitable purposes. Such gambling, although technically illegal, was prevalent and widely tolerated during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The change of government that accompanied Irish independence in 1921 led to much confusion s…
Other books in review
Unemployment and the Future of Social Policy
In the context of a seminar seeking to canvass public administration responses to the topic ‘A Generation Unemployed’ the paper canvasses the extent of hidden unemployment and where the burdens of unemployment are falling. Some of the future implications for social policy, including potential effects on social cohesion and the possible policy responses to that, and potential effects on economic dependency and likely policy implications are examin…
Israel Annals of Psychiatry. VIII, 1970
Military Service Pensions for Veterans of the Irish Revolution, 1916–1923
In 1924 the Irish Free State government passed legislation to award pensions to veterans of the Irish revolution and Civil War. This article argues that the motivation for the pensions was the need to placate the national army after a failed mutiny in 1924 and that this explains their unusual nature in being based on service alone rather than disability. It will also explore the problems this created for defining service, examine the extension of…
Compensating Irish Female Revolutionaries, 1916-1923
The newly released Irish Military Service Pensions Collection offers the most comprehensive opportunity to examine the role of women in the Irish revolution (1916–23) or in any comparable nationalist revolution. It is also an extremely useful source of evidence for an emerging historiographical trend of tracing the post-revolutionary lives of female veterans by examining the award of service pensions to them by that state. This article will exami…
Protestant Depopulation in County Longford during the Irish Revolution, 1911-1926
The experience of the Protestant minority in Ireland during the years of the Irish revolution has been the subject of much academic and popular debate in recent years. At issue is the extent to which the decline by one-third of the Protestant population of the Irish Free State between 1911 and 1926 was a result either of intimidation, sectarianism or ethnic cleansing during the revolution itself, or of more mundane factors such as long-term patte…
Israel Annals of Psychiatry. VIII, 1970
Unemployment and the Future of Social Policy
In the context of a seminar seeking to canvass public administration responses to the topic ‘A Generation Unemployed’ the paper canvasses the extent of hidden unemployment and where the burdens of unemployment are falling. Some of the future implications for social policy, including potential effects on social cohesion and the possible policy responses to that, and potential effects on economic dependency and likely policy implications are examin…
Other books in review
The Origins of the Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake
This article examines the two main reasons for the setting up of the Irish sweepstakes in 1930; the financial crisis facing voluntary hospitals and the tradition of using sweepstake gambling to raise funds for charitable purposes. Such gambling, although technically illegal, was prevalent and widely tolerated during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The change of government that accompanied Irish independence in 1921 led to much confusion s…
A Terrible Danger to the Morals of the Country’
Marie Coleman, 'A Terrible Danger to the Morals of the Country: The Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake in Great Britain 1930-87, Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy: Archaeology, Culture, History, Literature, Vol. 105C, No. 5 (2005), pp. 197-220
The Irish Hospitals Sweepstake in the United States of America, 1930–39
From its foundation in 1930 until the end of 1934 the Irish Hospitals Sweepstake sold the overwhelming majority of its tickets in Great Britain. Alarmed at the success of an enterprise that was illegal in its jurisdiction and that resulted in a considerable financial drain to the Irish Free State’s hospital service, the British government enacted a Betting and Lotteries Act in 1934 to curtail the sale of Irish sweepstake tickets there. The result…
The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009
Book Review| July 01 2011 The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009 Cronin Mike, William Murphy, and Paul Rouse, eds. The Gaelic Athletic Association, 1884-2009. (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2009). Pp. xx+300. Notes and index. £25.00. Marie Coleman Marie Coleman Queen’s University, Belfast Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2011) 38 (2): 311–313. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.38.2.311 C…
The Irish Revolution, 1916-1923
This concise study of Ireland’s revolutionary years charts the demise of the home rule movement and the rise of militant nationalism that led eventually to the partition of Ireland and independence for southern Ireland. The book provides a clear chronology of events but also adopts a thematic approach to ensure that the role of women and labour are examined, in addition to the principal political and military developments during the period. Incor…
Military Service Pensions for Veterans of the Irish Revolution, 1916–1923
In 1924 the Irish Free State government passed legislation to award pensions to veterans of the Irish revolution and Civil War. This article argues that the motivation for the pensions was the need to placate the national army after a failed mutiny in 1924 and that this explains their unusual nature in being based on service alone rather than disability. It will also explore the problems this created for defining service, examine the extension of…
Jason Knirck. Afterimage of the Revolution
In his book Afterimage of the Revolution: Cumann na nGaedheal and Irish Politics, 1922–1932, Jason Knirck follows up on his previous work that addresses the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 debates with this comprehensive and thematic study of the first government of the Irish Free State. It is a welcome addition to what has become a popular subject for study, following Ciara Meehan’s The Cosgrave Party: A History of Cumann na nGaedheal, 1922–1923 (201…
Compensating Irish Female Revolutionaries, 1916-1923
The newly released Irish Military Service Pensions Collection offers the most comprehensive opportunity to examine the role of women in the Irish revolution (1916–23) or in any comparable nationalist revolution. It is also an extremely useful source of evidence for an emerging historiographical trend of tracing the post-revolutionary lives of female veterans by examining the award of service pensions to them by that state. This article will exami…
There are thousands who will claim to have been ‘out’ during Easter Week.”
Using recently released archives from the Military Service Pensions Collection (MSPC), this article assesses the archival evidence available for assessing how many rebels are recognised as having military service in the Easter Rising of 1916. It argues that while the MSPC contributes towards a more accurate estimation of the number who participated in the Rising, especially in the regions outside Dublin, it does not constitute a definitive figure…
Military service pensions and the recognition and reintegration of guerrilla fighters after the Irish revolution
Recently released archives from the Irish military service pensions collection (M.S.P.C.) offer an important opportunity to examine the post-conflict experience of veterans of guerrilla warfare. Pensioning has been used effectively to study the post-conflict lives of veterans of conventional wars but analysis of the experience of guerrillas has been largely limited to the security threat posed to peace by these former combatants. The pensions awa…
Titanic
In Global Context
This collection of essays is based on a conference hosted at the National University of Ireland Galway in June 1916, one of many academic and popular events held throughout Ireland, and beyond, during 2016 to commemorate the centenary of the Easter Rising. The conference and the ensuing volume seek to analyse the overall significance of the year 1916 and of the Easter Rising specifically outside the narrower confines of Ireland and the wider Unit…
Protestant Depopulation in County Longford during the Irish Revolution, 1911-1926
The experience of the Protestant minority in Ireland during the years of the Irish revolution has been the subject of much academic and popular debate in recent years. At issue is the extent to which the decline by one-third of the Protestant population of the Irish Free State between 1911 and 1926 was a result either of intimidation, sectarianism or ethnic cleansing during the revolution itself, or of more mundane factors such as long-term patte…
Privileged Injuries
Following its War of Independence from Britain (1919–21) and subsequent Civil War (1922–3), the Irish Free State government introduced disability pension legislation to compensate revolutionaries and soldiers who had been wounded and the dependants of those who had died in the conflicts. The legislation was initially limited only to physical wounds, but this remit was extended in 1927 to cover mental illness and disease contracted during active s…
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