Raids and Rallies

by Ernie O'Malley

Book Overview

During the Civil War, when Ernie O'Malley lay under sentence of death in Mountjoy prison hospital, some of his notes were smuggled out. 'Most of all, ' he wrote, 'I would have liked to talk about the rank and file where I found solace. '

Raids and Rallies, an account of various offensives against the British in 1920- 21, is his tribute to that rank and file. 'It was a people's war. That is why we fought so well from November 1920.'

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1856357155
• ISBN13: 9781856357159
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.3"