HISTORY 2045 Crime, Violence, and Revolutionary Ireland, 1913-1925 3000-word Essay assignment Answer ONE of the five below questions. Question 1. Discuss the deployment of ‘Black and Tans’ to Ireland, and the emergence of reprisals and state violence in 1920-21. Question 2: Identify the main issues debated by historians regarding of IRA killings of suspected civilian informants. Question 3 Explain and contextualise the outlook and activities of Cumann n mBan during the Revolution. Question 4: Discuss ordinary crime and agrarianism during 1920-21, and republican efforts to curtail it. Question 5: Describe three different forms of intimidation or areas of social conflict during the Revolutionary period. • Please vary your reading. Use multiple academic secondary sources (book or journal articles). • Please check Canvas for reading materials. Supplementary reading is encouraged. • Use footnotes and provide a bibliography. There is no preferred referencing style (ie Chicago Manual Style). But whichever style you choose, use it consistently throughout the essay. All essays should have a bibliography. • Footnotes/Endnotes count towards the wordcount but the bibliography does not.
