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Guerilla Days in Ireland

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Description for Guerilla Days in Ireland Paperback. A fresh contemporary edition of one of the most dramatic accounts of the Irish War of Independence ever written Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTR; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 35. Weight in Grams: 432.
First published in 1949, 'Guerilla Days in Ireland' is an extraordinary story of the Irish War of Independence and the fight between two unequal forces, which ended in the withdrawal of the British from twenty-six counties. Seven weeks before the Truce of July 1921, the British presence in County Cork consisted of a total of over 12,500 men. Against these British forces stood the Irish Republican Army whose flying columns never exceeded 310 riflemen in the whole of the county. These flying columns were small groups of dedicated Volunteers, severely commanded and disciplined. Constantly on the move, their paramount objective ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781781171714
SKU
9781781171714
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About Tom Barry
Tom Barry was born in 1898. In June 1915 he joined the British Army, not to secure home rule for Ireland or to fight for Irish freedom or for freedom of small nations - just to see what war was like. While fighting in Mesopotamia he heard of the 1916 Rising taking place at home. After the war he returned ... Read more

Reviews for Guerilla Days in Ireland
Admired by Che Guevara, feared by the British Army, loved by the people he led. Tom Barry, legendary Commander of the West Cork Flying Column survived the War of Independence to tell his incredible story. Guerilla Days in Ireland is Barry's compelling first-hand account of the struggle for independence in County Cork, the Rebel County. Barry ... Read more

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