Raids and Rallies

Ernie O Malley

ISBN 10: 0900068620 / ISBN 13: 9780900068621

Published by Anvil Books (Childrens Press), 1982

About this Item

1982. First Edition. Hardcover. V. Scarce. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear and age. Previous owner's name on ffep. Lightly toned, text is clear and remains a fine copy. Keywords: Ireland, Revolutionary Ireland. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # KSG0026074

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Raids and Rallies
• Publisher: Anvil Books (Childrens Press)
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0900068620
• ISBN 13: 9780900068621
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

During the War of Independence, when Ernie O'Malley lay under sentence of death in Mountjoy prison hospital, some notes of his were smuggled out. `Most of all,' he wrote, `I would have liked to talk about the rank and file where I found solace.' This book is indeed O'Malley's tribute to his fellow soldiers, in which he provides an account of various offensives against the British in 1920-21. O'Malley took part in three offensives and had first-hand knowledge of several others, which are detailed in a unique and informed perspective in this book. ""One of the most compelling and thorough accounts we have today of the fighting on the ground.""Irish Voice ""The classic account of the Irish Revolution.""-Irish American News

About the Author

Ernie O'Malley was born in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, in 1897 and was prominent in the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. His best known works are On Another Man's Wound, The Singing Flame and Raids and Rallies. He was for a time editor of The Bell, and was a close friend and supporter of Jack B. Yeats. Ernie O'Malley was given a State funeral with full military honors when he died in Dublin in March 1957.