Fear Not the Storm : The Story of Tom Cullen, an Irish Revolutionary

by Liam, Cathal

• ISBN13: 9780970415530
• ISBN10: 0970415532
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-01
• Publisher: St. Padraic Press

Summary

Fear Not The Storm: The Story of Tom Cullen, An Irish Revolutionary is a true-life novel about an obscure young man who becomes part of the leadership heading Ireland's struggle for freedom from British rule in the early years of the twentieth century. Cullen's baptism of fire occurs while serving as a Irish Volunteer during Dublin's 1916 Easter revolt. After his arrest, internment in Wales and release by the British government, he returns home. Quite unexpectedly, Tom becomes a friend and valued colleague of Michael Collins. During Ireland's War for Independence (1919-1921), Cullen embarks upon a life full of danger and intrique. Serving as Collins's Assistant Director of Intelligence, he matches wits with some of Britain's most dangerous spies and ruthless assassins. A seasoned veteran by the autumn of 1921, Cullen now one of Collins's closest associates, rises to the rank of major general in Ireland's new army during its ten-month Civil War. It is the determined accomplishments of this little-known, heroic Irish revolutionary that forms the centre-piece of Cathal Liam's new book. For indeed, Ireland's independence could not have been achieved without the sacrifices of such behind-the-scene individuals. Tom Cullen's story deserves to be told and now, at last, Fear Not The Storm pays tribute to a life so richly lived.

Table of Contents

A Word to the Reader	p. viii
Acknowledgments	p. xv
List of Photographs	p. xviii
Abbreviations	p. xxiv
Immediate Families	p. xxvi
Chronology	p. xxvii
ôWhen facts become legend, print the legend.ö	p. 3
ôI will count to five. Either surrender or we are coming in.ö	p. 31
ôWe seem to have lost. We have not lost.ö	p. 67
ôSix months for drilling.ö	p. 107
ôKilmainham Jail…stands today a silent monument….ö	p. 151
ôTall, gaunt, cynical, with tragic eyes….ö	p. 179
ôCome on Mr. Bell, we want you.ö	p. 217
ôWe got the bugger, Joe!ö	p. 267
ôSomething terrible has happened….ö	p. 325
ôAll that's bright must fade…ö	p. 397
Glossary	p. 431
Endnotes	p. 439
Selected Bibliography	p. 454
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