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Limerick's Fighting Story offers eye witness and first hand accounts of the struggle for independence in Limerick city and county.When the Truce was declared in the War of Independence in July 1921, each of Limerick's brigade areas, west, mid and east had flying columns in the field. While the challenge of city fighting and urban guerrilla tactics were high on the list of concerns for the mid brigade, the east and west flying columns were active raiders and ambush artists.This new edition of the classic Limerick's Fighting Story features stories and reports from every aspect of the conflict in Limerick from the Limerick Heroes of 1916, through the nights of terror and violence in Limerick city as Tans killed residents, to the exploits of the women of Cumman na mBan.

Limerick's Fighting Story 1916 - 21: Told By The Men Who Made It With A Unique Pictorial Record of the Period

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A Paperback by The Kerryman, Dr Ruan O'Donnell, Brian O Conchubhair

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    View other formats and editions of Limerick's Fighting Story 1916 - 21: Told By The Men Who Made It With A Unique Pictorial Record of the Period by The Kerryman

    Publisher: The Mercier Press Ltd
    Publication Date: 06/07/2009
    ISBN13: 9781856356428, 978-1856356428
    ISBN10: 1856356426

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Limerick's Fighting Story offers eye witness and first hand accounts of the struggle for independence in Limerick city and county.When the Truce was declared in the War of Independence in July 1921, each of Limerick's brigade areas, west, mid and east had flying columns in the field. While the challenge of city fighting and urban guerrilla tactics were high on the list of concerns for the mid brigade, the east and west flying columns were active raiders and ambush artists.This new edition of the classic Limerick's Fighting Story features stories and reports from every aspect of the conflict in Limerick from the Limerick Heroes of 1916, through the nights of terror and violence in Limerick city as Tans killed residents, to the exploits of the women of Cumman na mBan.

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