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In Time of Civil War: The Conflict on the Railways 1922-23
Bernard Share
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Description for In Time of Civil War: The Conflict on the Railways 1922-23
Hardcover. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear, else as new. Keywords: Ireland, Revolutionary Ireland
The Irish Civil War was one of the last conflicts in which railways played a significant role. The action required movement of combatants over considerable distances and attempts to lay siege to towns and cities by cutting communications: in practice this meant the then extensive rail system. Attacks on railways and employees were common, with death, injury and damage to infrastructure and rolling stock. Individual employees found themselves on opposite sides while occupying the same locomotive footplate. The effect on the railways was devastating. They had already suffered from the War of Independence as whole lines closed and hundreds of ... Read more
The Irish Civil War was one of the last conflicts in which railways played a significant role. The action required movement of combatants over considerable distances and attempts to lay siege to towns and cities by cutting communications: in practice this meant the then extensive rail system. Attacks on railways and employees were common, with death, injury and damage to infrastructure and rolling stock. Individual employees found themselves on opposite sides while occupying the same locomotive footplate. The effect on the railways was devastating. They had already suffered from the War of Independence as whole lines closed and hundreds of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Collins Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
, Ireland
ISBN
9781905172115
SKU
KSG0025866
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Bernard Share
Bernard Share is a well-established author. A graduate of Trinity College he taught English literature for some time before moving to advertising and then to full-time writing. His published books include Slanguage (Dublin 199?), a dictionary of slang and colloquial English in Ireland.
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