Cork's Revolutionary Dead
In Part 1 Keane gives a brief introduction to the period and outlines the most important events that took place during the course of the fight against the British in Cork from 1916 to 1921 and during the Civil War of 1922-23. This includes the burning of Cork city, the ambush at Kilmichael (which is examined in great detail), Crossbarry and the story of Tom Barry's trench coat. In Part 2 Keane uses a wealth of new sources to reconstruct every death that can be ascribed to the war, including those caught in the crossfire and some accidental deaths that can be directly linked to one side or the other. Some individuals who did not die in the cou…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78117-496-8
- EAN: 9781781174968
- Produktnummer: 25438201
- Verlag: Mercier Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'497 KB
Über den Autor
Barry Keane is a Corkonian, a History and Geography teacher, and the author of a number of books and articles across many subjects. He has had a twenty-year interest in the geography of the Protestant population decline in post-independence Ireland.
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