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Raids and Rallies (Ernie O'Malley Series)
Ernie O´malley
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Description for Raids and Rallies (Ernie O'Malley Series)
Paperback. Classic memoir of fighting in Ireland's War of Independence and the Civil War that followed. Series: The Ernie O'Malley Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJG; HBJD1; HBLW; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 134 x 22. Weight in Grams: 312.
During the Civil War, when Ernie O'Malley lay under sentence of death in Mountjoy prison hospital, some of his notes were smuggled out. 'Most of all,' he wrote, 'I would have liked to talk about the rank and file where I found solace. ' Raids and Rallies, an account of various offensives against the British in 1920– 21, is his tribute to that rank and file. 'It was a people's war. That is why we fought so well from November 1920.' 'What helps to make these memoirs notable … is that O'Malley writes more than a documentary in his ... Read more
During the Civil War, when Ernie O'Malley lay under sentence of death in Mountjoy prison hospital, some of his notes were smuggled out. 'Most of all,' he wrote, 'I would have liked to talk about the rank and file where I found solace. ' Raids and Rallies, an account of various offensives against the British in 1920– 21, is his tribute to that rank and file. 'It was a people's war. That is why we fought so well from November 1920.' 'What helps to make these memoirs notable … is that O'Malley writes more than a documentary in his ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Series
The Ernie O'Malley Series
Condition
New
Weight
312g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856357159
SKU
9781856357159
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About Ernie O´malley
Ernie O'Malley was born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, in 1897 and was prominent in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. His best known works were 'On Another Man's Wound', 'The Singing Flame', and 'Raids and Rallies'. He was for a time editor of 'The Bell', and was given a state funeral with full military honors when ... Read more
Reviews for Raids and Rallies (Ernie O'Malley Series)
'Entrancing reading, not only for those who lived through those times but for those who seek an insight into the mentality of the men who took on the might of the British Empire.' The Sunday Independent