Liam Deasy: Towards Ireland Free

Cover: 9781781177600 | Towards Ireland Free | Liam Deasy | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2020

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Beschreibung

In the War of Independence, military leaders such as Michael Collins, Liam Lynch and Liam Deasy secured Irish independence from a country that had seemingly limitless resources of men, money and arms. The British, lacked the one thing which the Irish possessed in abundance: a burning conviction in the justice of their cause.

First published in 1973, Towards Ireland Free is the story of one of these leaders. Liam Deasy was just twenty at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising. He enrolled in the Volunteers in Bandon in 1917 and by 1921 was in command of the West Cork Brigade. In this account of the War of Independence in West Cork, he vividly recreates the tense and hope-filled atmosphere of those years and provides a rich gallery of portraits of those alongside whom he fought. Best of all, he recounts in great detail famous episodes such as the successful attack on the British Naval Sloop in Bantry, Howes Strand and Ballycrovane Coastguard stations, the ambushes at Kilmichael and Crossbarry and the raid on Fastnet rock.

Über den Autor

Liam Deasy was born near Bandon in County Cork in 1896. He joined the Irish Volunteers in 1917 and on the formation of the West Cork Brigade of the IRA was appointed adjutant. He later became Brigade Commander. He took the Republican side in the Civil War and after it ended returned to civilian life, setting up a successful business. He did not subsequently take a part in the public life of the country although he served with distinction in the Irish Army during the Emergency. His celebrated account of the War of Independence, 'Towards Ireland Free', was published in 1973. He died in August 1974, while still working on 'Brother Against Brother'.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781781177600
ISBN-10:	1781177600
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Deasy, Liam
Hersteller:	Mercier Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	213 x 140 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	Liam Deasy
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.05.2021
Gewicht:	0,622 kg