There are many people and institutions to thank for their help in making this book possible. In terms of helping with illustrations and sources, I have to thank the National Library of Ireland. The images ‘Man walking on Eden Quay’ by J J Clarke and the two images ‘The Alarm Clock of Labour’ and ‘Irish Worker of 1925’ are reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. My attempts to have some help in the use of images from the ‘last dying speeches ‘proved fruitless at Trinity College. But staff at the National Museum of Ireland were very helpful and kind.
For help with finding some sources, I have to thank Daisy Cummins, my Dublin correspondent. For the wider story, the metanarrative of Ireland, the masters Roy Foster, Robert Kee and Cecil Woodham-Smith and their writings stand firmly behind all these tales, as touchstones. For help in understanding the complexities of the 1913 Lock-out, the magisterial work, Disturbed Dublin by Arnold Wright, was invaluable. For the pictures of the Larkin chapter I have to thank the National Library of Ireland, in particular, Gerry Kavanagh. Sean Murphy’s writings helped a great deal with the crown jewels story.
Particular useful in secondary sources have been Frank Hopkins’ wonderful Rare Old Dublin (see bibliography) and for Mountjoy, Tim Carey and his book, Mountjoy: Story of a Prison and Maggie Murphy’s My Experience of Prison: Mountjoy (1912). For some oral history, thanks to Pat Larkin, Daisy Cummins, Kate Walker and in that respect, I owe a great deal to the historian of Monto, Terry Fagan and Sergeant Robert Burke.
My editor, Brian Elliott, is as always, the main support in the telling of ‘Foul Deeds’.