Civic Guard Mutiny

by Brian McCarthy

On the morning of 15th May, 1922, over 1,000 recruits of the newly established Civic Guard suddenly broke ranks during Commissioner Michael Staines' TD address at Morning Parade in the training depot at Kildare Barracks. The recruits immediately set about raiding the armoury while Staines and his senior officers withdrew under armed protection and evacuated the barracks much to the annoyance of Michael Collins, the Chairman of the fledgling Provisional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781170452
• ISBN13: 9781781170458
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.7"