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About the Author

Seán Enright was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1982 and at the Four Courts in 1993. He practised at the Bar in London for many years and is now a Circuit Judge. He is the author of The Trial of Civilians by Military Courts: Ireland 1921 (2012), Easter Rising 1916: The Trials (2014), After the Rising: Soldiers, Lawyers and Trials of the Irish Revolution (2016), and The Irish Civil War: Law, Execution and Atrocity (2019).

Reviews

This remarkable book is important … [a] rewarding volume well served by the chronology of key events and the pen portraits of the main protagonists. … I would recommend it not only to those intrigued by this period of Irish history but also to anyone with an interest in what happens when the rule of law and due process break down and necessity arguments and egg and omelette metaphors start to drown out less bellicose voices.
*Familia: Ulster Genealogical Review*

This book will be popular with both the general reader and the specialist, and is sure to stir up a debate two years ahead of the centenaries of its events.
*History Ireland*

In 1932, de Valera won a general election. Before he took office, the outgoing government ordered the burning of all documentation relating to the executions and the military tribunals. It is to Enright’s enormous credit that, in their absence, he has been able to piece so much back together… a shocking read almost a century on.
*Military History Matters*