Limerick's Fighting Story 1916-21: Told by the Men Who Made it (Fighting Stories)

by RuanO'Donnell (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  2009

  $22.52

  This is the classic text on the struggle for independence in Limerick. Originally published by The Kerryman in the 1940s, this is one of the four title in the Fighting Stories Series . It records the events of the War of Independence in the words of the people who fought it and those who wrote about it at the time. Amongst the gripping episodes recorded are: Limericks heroes of 1916, the execution of an enemy spy in West Limerick, Limerick's Night of Terror, Cumann na mBan in Limerick and the destruction of Killmallock Barracks. Featuring reports of the ambushes, battles, successes and failures, Limerick's Fighting Story is a treasure trove of information and intriguing detail.