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9781856356893

IRA Jailbreaks 1918-1921

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  • ISBN13:

    9781856356893

  • ISBN10:

    1856356892

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2010-11-01
  • Publisher: Mercier Press

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IRA Jailbreaks 1918-1921 features the factual accounts of 25 daring rescues, rescue attempts and jailbreaks which raised the morale of separatist Ireland and brought world-wide ridicule and discredit on the prison and internment camp systems in Britain and Ireland.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 7
Rescue Of Donnchadha Macneilus From Cork Jailp. 18
The 'German Plot' Arrestsp. 28
The Break-Out From USK Jail In Wales By Four 'German Plot' Prisonersp. 38
Escape Of De Valera, Mcgarry And Milroy ('German Plot' Prisoners) From Lincoln Jailp. 52
Twenty Got Away In The Big Daylight Escape From Mountjoy Jailp. 70
Padraic Fleming's Personal Fight For Political Rights - A Horror Story With Few Equals In Prison Annalsp. 79
Recollections Of Jail Riots And Hunger Strikes - Grim Times In Mountjoy, Dundalk And Belfast Jailsp. 94
Journal Of The Big Belfast Jail Riotp. 114
Bobby Byrnes Of Limerick Was Among The First To Fall - His Rescue A Pyrrhic Victoryp. 123
Daring Rescue Of Seán Hogan At Knocklong Stationp. 132
Escape From Strangeways Jail, Manchesterp. 147
Rescue Of Frank Carty From Sligo Jailp. 162
Escape Of Three Leaders From Kilmainham Jail Was Aided By British Soldierp. 172
The Rescue Of Frank Carty From Derry Jailp. 182
Heavily Guarded, Wounded Prisoner Rescued From Monaghan County Hospitalp. 193
Daring Rescue Of Seán Macswiney And Two Other Ira Officers From Spike Islandp. 199
Captured Armoured Car Driven Into Mountjoy In An Attempt To Rescue Seán Maceoinp. 204
Two Got Out From Boyle Military Barracks And Escaped Executionp. 217
Fifteen Minutes To Freedom From Sligo Jailp. 228
Mass Escape Of Internees From The Curragh Campp. 239
Escapes From Kilworth Campp. 249
Rescue Of Linda Kearns Macwhinney From Mountjoy Jailp. 256
Second Escape From Spike Islandp. 268
Escape Of Seven From Mountjoy Jailp. 274
The Tunnel Out Of Kilkenny Jailp. 285
The Authorsp. 296
Indexp. 310
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