Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc

On July 8, 1921, a truce between the IRA and the British Army was announced to begin 3 days later. However, in the four days from July 8-11, at least 60 people were killed. For a century the truth of these killings has been conveniently overlooked and instead replaced  by myths and propaganda invented by politicians, historians and newspaper columnists to support the idea that the IRA launched a campaign to kill as many people as possible before the war ended, most of them 'soft targets'. This book goes back to the facts to reveal what actually happened, and why, in those four bloody days of battle between the IRA and their British opponents in Ireland's War of Independence. -- Publisher description

murder, myth and the last days of the Irish War of Independence

Truce

Padraig Og O Ruairc

Between 1918 and 1925, fifty-three republicans from Clare gave their lives in the struggle for independence and in the subsequent Civil War. In the first book to focus exclusively on Clare's republican history, Padraig Og O Ruairc explores the story of Clare's republicans from the events of 1798 to the end of the Civil War. The legends that have grown up around the activities of the Clare republican fighters have long warranted investigation, as have the claims of the crown forces who operated in the county, where fighting on the ground was often bloody and brutal. The author re-examines this long struggle and casts light upon the true course of events, as well as remembering the casualties from both sides of the fight. As our living memory of the War of Independence fades, this book acts as a timely reminder of the suffering and the reality of the war in Clare.

The Republican Struggle in Clare 1913-1923

Blood on the Banner

Andy Bielenberg

John Borgonovo

In the 1940s and 1950s Ernie O’Malley interviewed survivors of Ireland’s struggle for independence. These interviews, now being made available to the public for the first time, give a fascinating insight into the times and the people who fought. The West Cork interviews detail IRA intervention in Ulster, as well as giving prominence to the Cork No. 5 Brigade. Of eight interview subjects, five participated in the IRA’s invasion of Northern Ireland. The interviewees talk about the Republican rifle exchange with the National Army which occurred secretly in May 1922, as Free State rifles supplied by Britain were swapped with IRA rifles, which were then sent to arm the IRA in Ulster. They also document the gruesome torture of Brigade Commander Ted O’Sullivan.

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