Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922

Person

Dates

Existence: 1870-06-25 - 1922-11-24

Biographical note

(Robert) Erskine Childers (1870-1922) was an English-born Irish nationalist who established himself as a writer with accounts of the Second Boer War, the novel The Riddle of the Sands (1903) about German preparations for a sea-borne invasion of England, and proposals for achieving Irish independence. He was an advocate of Irish republicanism and smuggled guns into Ireland used against British soldiers in the Easter Rebellion. He had a significant role in the negotiations between Ireland and Britain that culminated in the Anglo-Irish Treaty, but was elected as an anti-Treaty member of the first Irish parliament. He sought an active role in the Irish Civil War (over the acceptance of the terms of the treaty) that followed and was executed by the Irish Free State.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

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Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Childers, Erskine, 1920-1970

File — Box 2, Folder: 60

Scope and Contents From the Series: Series includes extensive research files related to Maire Comerford's life as an Irish republican and nationalist. Materials primarily contain newspaper clippings, as well as artifacts, correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed material and other ephemera. Notable topics include the Irish War of Independence, the Irish Civil War, nationalism, the Northern Ireland conflict, and the fight for political prisoners' rights. Also important to Comerford were women's rights, Irish agriculture,...

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1920-1970

Found in: / Maire Comerford papers / Research files and collected materials