Description
Major Haig ordered them to 'prepare to fire', whereupon they the fired indiscriminately, point blank, at the people in the street. Four people were killed and thirty-seven wounded. All Ireland seethed with indignation . . . This new edition of Dublin's Fighting Story with an introduction by Diarmaid Ferriter features stories and reports from every aspect of the War of Independence, from the formation of the Fianna ireann and the Volunteers, through the Great Dublin Strike and Lock-out in 1913 and the 1916 Rising to the death of Se n Treacy in a bloody street shoot-out, the triumph and tragedy of Bloody Sunday and the burning of the Customs House. Dublin's Fighting Story offers the perspective of the eye witnesses and fighting men themselves to the struggle for independence in Dublin.
Author: Diarmaid Ferriter, The Kerryman
Publisher: Mercier Press
Published: 03/01/2010
Pages: 450
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.20w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9781856356435
ISBN10: 1856356434
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | Ireland
- History | Military | Guerrilla Warfare
- History | Wars & Conflicts | General