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Book SynopsisThe untold stories of some of the men and women of Co. Kerry who gave their all in Ireland’s fight for independence.In Fighting for the Cause well-known Kerry historian Dr Tim Horgan tells the stories of some of the Kingdom’s extraordinary men and women who fought for an Irish Republic. They include the Fenian Jerry O’Sullivan, who blew up a wall of Clerkenwell prison in 1867 in an attempt to free two prisoners; Bridget Gleeson and Nora Brosnan, who were both incarcerated for their Republican activities; John Cronin, whose attacks on the British forces in 1920 were so audacious that he was considered a maverick by his own brigade commanders; Pat Allman, who was hidden above the Gap of Dunloe to recover from bullet wounds sustained in a fight with Free State forces; Paddy Landers, who spent nine months in Limerick Gaol, from where he would attempt to broker peace during the Civil War; and David Fleming, whose sustained hunger strikes in the 1940s would destroy his health and lead to long-term psychological trauma.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 11 List of Abbreviations 14 Preface 15 Introduction 17 Jerry O’Sullivan 22 Dan O’Mahony 30 Marguerite Fleming 43 Frank Morgan 58 Tadhg Brosnan 67 Peter Brady 97 Neil O’Leary 108 Jim Sugrue 117 Denis O’Driscoll 137 John ‘Gilpin’ Griffin 144 Fr Joe Breen 157 Nora Brosnan 175 Con O’Leary 185 Nance Scully 199 Pat O’Connor 205 Paddy Landers 218 Bridget Gleeson 233 Pat Allman 249 Tom Daly 261 John Cronin 285 ‘Small’ Neilus McCarthy 311 David Fleming 322 Endnotes 337
