Ireland's Special Branch: The Inside Story of Their Battle with the Ira, 1922-1947

by Gerard Lovett

"A gang of police thugs."

"Renegades and perverted types."

These were just some of the ways in which the men and women of the Garda Special Branch were described by their enemies within the anti-Treaty IRA. What follows in this work is the gripping narrative of the often brutal and violent struggle for supremacy between these two sides.

It explores the foundation and the inner workings of a squad of detectives, initially called...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913934292
• ISBN13: 9781913934293
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Wordwell Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 8.9"