The Outrages 1920-1922 by Pearse Lawlor

The Outrages 1920-1922 by Pearse Lawlor

"The Outrages" gives an account of the major incidents, now slipping from local memory, as the War of Independence escalated from attacks on RIC barracks into internecine atrocities. The many lives lost in each border county are chronicled with factual accounts of attacks and reprisals, the impact these events had in Westminster and how Churchill, Craig and Collins reacted. Included are the events leading to the creation of the Ulster Special Constabulary and an in-depth account of the shooting of B Specials at Clones railway station, the slaughter of eight unionists in a single night in south Armagh, the cover-up after A Specials left three innocent nationalists dead and two wounded in Cushendall, and the litany of reprisal killings from Camlough to Desertmartin. It includes details of attacks on the Great Northern Railway and other networks, not previously published, that provide a unique insight into the problems faced by railwaymen and by the government during the period.

Pearse Lawlor is a retired civil servant who worked for 40 years in various departments of the Northern Ireland Civil Service. His first book 'The Burnings 1920' which dealt with events in Lisburn that year, was published in 2009.

SKU	Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13	9781856358064
ISBN 10	1856358062
Titel	The Outrages 1920-1922
Autor	Pearse Lawlor
Buchzustand	Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	The Mercier Press Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr	2011-08-01
Seitenanzahl	352
Hinweis auf dem Einband	Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden.