My Fight for Irish Freedom

Dan Breen

ISBN 10: 0947962336 / ISBN 13: 9780947962333

Verlag: Mercier Press, 2021

A personal memoir from Dan Breen, a must read for those interested in the struggle for Irish freedom Num Pages: 208 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; HBJD1; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 254. Revolutionary Ireland. 208pp. 2021. Paperback. . . . . Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780947962333

Inhaltsangabe:

In 1919 a group of young men barely out of their teens, poorly armed, with no money and little training, renewed the fight, begun in 1916, to drive the British out of Ireland. Dan Breen was to become the best known of them. At first they were condemed on all sides. They became outlaws and My Fight describes graphically what life was like 'on the run,' with 'an army at one's heels and a thousand pounds on one's head'. A burning belief in their cause sustained them through many a dark and bitter day and slowly support came from the people.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Dan Breen is widely recognised because of his involvement in the ambush and killing of two RIC policemen at Soloheadbeg - a political and historical controversy widely regarded as the act that started the War of Independence. Alongside his comrades in the Third Tipperary Brigade of the IRA, Dan Breen became one of the most infamous and controversial IRA leaders of his generation. With the Civil War over, Breen went to prohibition America, and ran a speakeasy. He returned to Ireland to become a politician, and was the first Republican to enter the Free State parliament. For more than thirty years he represented Tipperary, becoming its most popular and longest serving legislator.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: My Fight for Irish Freedom
Verlag: Mercier Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: New