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Shadow of the Brotherhood: The Temple Bar Shootings
Barry Kennerk
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Description for Shadow of the Brotherhood: The Temple Bar Shootings
Paperback. Revolutionary Ireland. 350pp
When a gunman disappears into the Dublin fog, they leave two seriously wounded police constables in his wake. An immediate investigation is launched by Dublin Castle, which soon uncovers the existence of a Fenian assassination squad that has policemen, informers and judges in its sights. With pressure on the Irish administration from an anxious British government, Superintendent Daniel Ryan and his G squad of detectives must run the gang to ground. Through innovative use of eyewitness testimonies, police reports, medical notes and other material, the author casts a magnifying glass on Victorian Dublin - a city in which the footsteps ... Read more
When a gunman disappears into the Dublin fog, they leave two seriously wounded police constables in his wake. An immediate investigation is launched by Dublin Castle, which soon uncovers the existence of a Fenian assassination squad that has policemen, informers and judges in its sights. With pressure on the Irish administration from an anxious British government, Superintendent Daniel Ryan and his G squad of detectives must run the gang to ground. Through innovative use of eyewitness testimonies, police reports, medical notes and other material, the author casts a magnifying glass on Victorian Dublin - a city in which the footsteps ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
340g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856356770
SKU
9781856356770
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Ref
99-3
About Barry Kennerk
Barry Kennerk is a post-graduate student affiliated with St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, researching the Fenians. His first book, The Railway House - Tales From an Irish Fireside, was published in 2008. He works at the Children's University Hospital, Temple Street. He is married with two children and lives in Ashbourne, County Meath.
Reviews for Shadow of the Brotherhood: The Temple Bar Shootings
Kennerk holds the magnifying glass, not just over the Temple Bar case, but Victorian Dublin in the era of the Fenians. -
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