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An Irish nationalist adolescence: Na Fianna Éireann, 1909–23

Hay, Marnie ORCID: 0000-0002-7802-2096 (2015) An Irish nationalist adolescence: Na Fianna Éireann, 1909–23. In: Cox, Catherine ORCID: 0000-0002-9865-420X and Riordan, Susannah, (eds.) Adolescence in Modern Irish History. Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 103-128. ISBN 978-0-230-37490-4

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Abstract

In 1909 two Irish Protestant nationalist activists, Constance, Countess Markievicz (1868–1927) and Bulmer Hobson (1883–1969), established a nationalist youth organisation called Na Fianna Éireann, or the Irish National Boy Scouts.1 It was designed to be an Irish nationalist antidote to Robert Baden-Powell’s pro-British Boy Scout movement which had spread to Ireland in 1908.2 For some members, participation in the Fianna merely served a social function, while for others it served as a recruitment and training ground for their future roles in the struggle for Irish independence. Although the Fianna was initially open to all Irish boys (and some girls) between the ages of eight and eighteen, membership was later limited to boys aged between twelve and eighteen. This restriction of membership to adolescent males was possibly a reflection of the increasingly militant activities of the organisation, particularly from 1916 onwards.

Item Type:Book Section
Refereed:Yes
Subjects:Humanities > History
Social Sciences > Political science
Social Sciences > Sociology
Social Sciences > Identity
DCU Faculties and Centres:UNSPECIFIED
Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan
Official URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230374911
Copyright Information:© 2015 the Editors
Use License:This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License
Funders:Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences
ID Code:23248
Deposited On:08 May 2019 08:47 by Thomas Murtagh . Last Modified 08 May 2019 08:47

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