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Baptised in Blood: An Illustrated History of the Cork Brigade of the Irish Volunteers, 1913-16
Mr Gerry White
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Paperback. Nice clean copy with some shelf wear
Turbulent story of foundation of the Cork brigade of Irish Volunteers. The euphoria that surrounded the formation of the Irish Volunteers in Dublin in 1913 captured the imagination of the country and a series of similar meetings were organised for other locations throughout Ireland. In Cork a public meeting took place in City Hall on Sunday evening, 14 December 1913. After a very contentious meeting over 500 men enlisted in the new organisation and were constituted as 'The Cork City Corps' of the Irish Volunteers. The fragile unity achieved within the ranks of this countrywide Volunteer movement was shattered ... Read more
Turbulent story of foundation of the Cork brigade of Irish Volunteers. The euphoria that surrounded the formation of the Irish Volunteers in Dublin in 1913 captured the imagination of the country and a series of similar meetings were organised for other locations throughout Ireland. In Cork a public meeting took place in City Hall on Sunday evening, 14 December 1913. After a very contentious meeting over 500 men enlisted in the new organisation and were constituted as 'The Cork City Corps' of the Irish Volunteers. The fragile unity achieved within the ranks of this countrywide Volunteer movement was shattered ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Mercier Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Cork, Ireland
ISBN
9781856354653
SKU
KTJ8038276
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Mr Gerry White
Gerry White was born in New York City in 1957 and is company quartermaster sergeant in the Irish Defence Forces. He has published several historical articles andis co-author with Dan Harvey of The Barracks, A History of Victoria/Collins BarracksCork (Mercier Press, 1997), and co-author with Brendan O’Shea of The Irish Volunteer Soldier 1913–1923 (Osprey, 2003). Dr Brendan O’Shea was born ... Read more
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