A 1915 letter written to his aunt in regards to his wife Molly Childers. Cited in " Erskine Childers " by Jim Ring, Faber and Faber, London , (1996), pg. 432.
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Both above from a speech regarding the Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921) given on 21 December 1921 at University College Dublin. Cited in "Great Irish Speeches" by Michael McLoughlin, Poolbeg, London (1997), pp. 103-107.
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Written aboard HMS Engadine in 1914, cited in " The Riddle Of Erskine Childers " By Andrew Boyle, Hutchinson, London, (1977), pg. 200.
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"The H.A.C. in South Africa", by Erskine Childers and Basil Williams, Smith & Elder, (London, 1903), p. 72.
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“What the devil do you mean Carruthers?”
Источник: Literary Years and War (1900-1918), The Riddle Of The Sands (1903), p. 154.
The Daily News, 1919, as cited in "The Riddle of Erskine Childers" By Andrew Boyle, Hutchinson, London, (1977), pg. 260.
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"Written aboard HMS Engadine in 1916, cited in " The Riddle Of Erskine Childers " By Andrew Boyle , Hutchinson, London, (1977), pg. 205.
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“…to feel oneself a martyr, as everybody knows, is a pleasurable thing…”
Источник: Literary Years and War (1900-1918), The Riddle Of The Sands (1903), p. 1.
Источник: Literary Years and War (1900-1918), The Riddle Of The Sands (1903), p. 35.
Источник: Literary Years and War (1900-1918), The Riddle Of The Sands (1903), p. 217.
Источник: Literary Years and War (1900-1918), The Riddle Of The Sands (1903), p. 276.
“I am a birth, domicile, and deliberate choice of citizenship an Irishman…”
His own words from his last military trial on 17 November 1922, cited in The Freeman's Journal Newspaper, 27 November 1922.
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His own words from his last military trial on 17 November 1922.
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From a letter to the editor, where Childers questions the reasons behind the recent raid of his Dublin home. Irish Times , 19 April 1920.
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“The treaty, though it has good points, is a vast trap.”
The Illustrated London News, 31 December 1921.
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"War and the Arme Blanche", by Erskine Childers, Edward Arnold, (London, 1910), p. 231.
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“Take a step or two forward lads….. it will be easier that way.”
His last words to the firing squad, lined up before him holding rifles, at his execution. Cited in " The Riddle of Erskine Childers " By Andrew Boyle, Hutchinson, London (1977), pg. 25.
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“…. death stills the bitterest controversy.”
In conversation with Desmond Ryan, cited in "Unique Dictator" by Desmond Ryan, Arthur Barker Limited, London (1936), p. 213.
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Robert Erskine's last jail cell words to his son, also named Erskine, in November 1922. His son would become President of Ireland 52 years later. Cited in " The Riddle of Erskine Childers " By Andrew Boyle, Hutchinson, London (1977), pg. 320.
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Taken from a 1922, conversation between Childers and Brennan in regards to Arthur Griffith's decision to sign the Anglo-Irish Treaty (1921), cited in "Allegiance" by Robert Brennan, Browne & Nolan, Dublin (1950), pp. 254-55.
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The Daily News, 19 April 1920.
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Источник: Literary Years and War (1900-1918), The Riddle Of The Sands (1903), p. 91.
"German Influence on British Cavalry", by Erskine Childers, Edward Arnold, (London, 1911), p. 215.
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Speaking in elegy regarding the recent death of Michael Collins. From " Poblacht na-Eireann (War News ) No. 47 " Thursday 24 August 1922.
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"In the Ranks of the C.I.V." By Erskine Childers, Smith & Elder and Co. (London, 1901), p. 20.
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"The H.A.C. in South Africa", by Erskine Childers and Basil Williams, Smith & Elder, (London, 1903), p. 193.
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"In the Ranks of the C.I.V.", by Erskine Childers, Smith & Elder and Co. (London, 1901), p. 127.
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A statement in reply to King George V's recent speech in Belfast. At the time, Childers had a formal role as Minister Of Propaganda for Sinn Fein. Chicago Tribune, 23 June 1921.
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A 1920 private letter to Admiral Herbert Fisher, cited in " Herbert Fisher (1865-1940) A Biography" By David Ogg , E&A, London, (1948), pg. 101.
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