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The Men Will Talk to Me
Galway Interviews by Ernie O'Malley
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Artikel-Nr:
9781781178171
Veröffentl:
2013
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.02.2013
Seiten:
354
Autor:
Ernie O’Malley
Gewicht:
446 g
Format:
216x140x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Ernie O'Malley was a medical student in Dublin when the 1916 Rising broke out. Although initially indifferent, he soon came to sympathise with the Republican viewpoint and joined the Irish Volunteers, later to become the IRA. He quickly rose through the ranks and was soon organising the IRA around the country, reporting directly to Michael Collins and Richard Mulcahy.
For the first time in published form 'The Men Will Talk to Me: Galway Interviews' chronicles the experiences of the Galway-based survivors of the War of Independence and the Civil War, recorded in the hand-written notebooks of Ernie O'Malley. Many of the individuals would not talk about their experiences, even to their own families, but were willing to talk to Commandant General O'Malley, the senior surviving Republican military commander, who took on the task of preserving the memories of these participants. The resulting O'Malley notebooks provide an unrivaled insight into this important period of Irish history, including the attack on Clifden and life 'on the run' for the Galway IRA volunteers.