{"product_id":"owen-oshea-from-bullets-to-ballots-2025","title":"Owen O'Shea: From Bullets to Ballots [2025]","description":"\u003cp\u003eCivil War politics has defined the Irish political landscape for\u003cbr\u003egenerations. The parties which emerged from the divisions over the Anglo-Irish\u003cbr\u003eTreaty of 1921 dominated elections for decades. The war cast a long shadow over\u003cbr\u003eparty politics and elections in subsequent years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Kerry, the Civil War was more divisive, violent and\u003cbr\u003eprotracted than in any other county. Political discourse and electioneering in\u003cbr\u003eKerry were infused with the divisions and hatreds which the war had created.\u003cbr\u003eElections brought underlying tensions to the surface and were often occasions\u003cbr\u003eof violence fuelled by fiery rhetoric from election platforms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Bullets to Ballots\u003c\/i\u003e offers unique insights into the origins and\u003cbr\u003echaracteristics of Civil War politics in Ireland with particular focus on\u003cbr\u003eKerry. It is an in-depth examination of how politics developed in this\u003cbr\u003econstituency in the decade after 1923. It reveals that, despite the underlying\u003cbr\u003etensions and a profound legacy of suffering and loss, democracy endured and the\u003cbr\u003eballot prevailed over the bullet as a means of settling political differences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe results of\u003cbr\u003eelections for the Civil War parties, as well as other parties who were not\u003cbr\u003edefined by the Treaty split, are considered in detail and highlight significant\u003cbr\u003edeviations from national results. Key influences on electoral behaviour are\u003cbr\u003econsidered, including the extent of party organisation, the role of party\u003cbr\u003emembers, the dynamics of election campaigns, how the memory of the Civil War\u003cbr\u003ewas used to persuade voters, and the crucial role of newspapers and their\u003cbr\u003ecoverage of elections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwen O'Shea forensically\u003cbr\u003einvestigates Kerry's Civil War politics by presenting the lived experience of\u003cbr\u003eelections for the party member, the candidate, and the voter; how parties\u003cbr\u003eorganised and campaigned; and what influenced the choice of voters at the\u003cbr\u003epolls. Thus, \u003ci\u003eFrom\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBullets to Ballots\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first ever examination\u003cbr\u003eof politics at the constituency level in this divisive and decisive period in Irish\u003cbr\u003ehistory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"O'shea, Owen","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51919737651539,"sku":"9781068502354","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/o-shea-owen-owen-o-shea-from-bullets-to-ballots-2025-9781068502354-1193798747.jpg?v=1758334166","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/owen-oshea-from-bullets-to-ballots-2025","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}