Utter Disloyalist

Utter Disloyalist
Author: Donal Ó Drisceoil
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2021-10-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1781178003

Tadhg Barry was the last high-profile victim of the crown forces during the Irish War of Independence. A veteran republican, trade unionist, journalist, poet, GAA official and alderman on Cork Corporation, he was shot dead in Ballykinlar internment camp on 15 November 1921. Barry's tragic death was a huge, but subsequently largely forgotten, event in Ireland. Dublin came to a standstill as a quarter of a million people lined the streets and the IRA had its last full mobilisation before the Treaty split. The funeral in Cork echoed those of Barry's comrades, the martyred lord mayors Tomás MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney. The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed three weeks later, all internees were released and the movement that elevated him to hero/martyr status was ripped asunder in the ensuing civil war. The name of Tadhg Barry became lost in the smoke. This is the first biography of a fascinating activist described by his British enemies as an 'Utter disloyalist' and by a comrade as 'a characteristic product of Rebel Cork – courageous, kindly, generous to a fault, bold and daring, and independent in speech and action'. It offers fascinating new perspectives on the dynamics of Ireland's long revolution, including glimpses of the roads not taken.

The Men Will Talk to Me (Ernie O'Malley series Kerry)

The Men Will Talk to Me (Ernie O'Malley series Kerry)
Author: Cormac O'Malley
Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd
Total Pages: 291
Release: 2012-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1781170983

County Kerry saw many of the most vicious episodes in both the War of Independence and the Civil War. Many Republican survivors of these events were reluctant to speak about their experiences, even to their own family. However, they were willing to talk to Ernie O'Malley, who was the senior surviving Republican military commander from the period of those struggles. By transcribing O'Malley's notebooks, where he recorded these interviews, Cormac O'Malley and Tim Horgan have made available previously unpublished first-hand accounts of Kerry's role in the fight for independence. The interviews provide an unrivalled insight into this important period of Irish history, including controversial incidents such as the Ballyseedy massacre, the battle at Headford Junction and executions by the Free State forces.

Saothar

Saothar
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2008
Genre: Ireland
ISBN:

Parliamentary Debates

Parliamentary Debates
Author: Australia. Parliament
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1608
Release: 1919
Genre: Australia
ISBN: