Our Struggle for Independence : Eye-Witness Accounts from the Pages of an Cosantoir

by O'Reilly, Terence

• ISBN13: 9781856356145
• ISBN10: 1856356140
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-07-15
• Publisher: Dufour Editions

Summary

In this book, the actual participants and eyewitnesses to events of the War of Independence describe the planning, the action, and the outcomes.

Author Biography

Terence O'Reilly, the author of Hitler's Irishmen, is an artillery man and works at the Defence Forces Library.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 9
The Men of 1916	p. 13
A Successful Raid	p. 14
Crossbarry by 'Eyewitness'	p. 18
Crossbarry II by 'Eyewitness'	p. 31
An Armed Nation	p. 39
The Ambush at Ballyvourney	p. 40
Step together	p. 50
Rathcoole Ambush	p. 52
Captured at Midleton	p. 57
Fun of the Fair	p. 63
The Mallow Raid	p. 66
1916 - Defence Of Mount St Bridge: a classic of street fighting	p. 70
The Modreeny Ambush	p. 77
The Molotov 'Cocktail'	p. 83
Raid on Kilmallock RIC Barracks (Reprinted from An t-Óglach)	p. 85
National Freedom	p. 92
Kilmichael by `Eyewitness'	p. 93
Kilmichael II by `Eyewitness'	p. 102
A Fight in Clare in 1920: the story of the Rineen Ambush	p. 109
Capture of Ruan RIC Barracks: Mid-Clare Brigade Exploit of 1920	p. 115
The Fight at Ashbourne: a stirring episode of the 1916 Rising	p. 121
The Fight at Ashbourne: the final scenes	p. 131
Resourcefulness	p. 139
The Man who Counts	p. 141
Burning of the Dublin Custom House: a graphic exploit, a historic exploit	p. 142
The Dromkeen Ambush: an action of the Black and Tan period	p. 153
The Army Badge (reprinted from An t-Óglach)	p. 165
`Four Riflemen Entered Innishannon': intensified guerrilla warfare in 1921	p. 169
Na Fianna Eireann: Senior Corps of the Old Army	p. 172
Appendices	p. 186
Guerrilla Warfare	p. 187
A New Type of Warfare? German Strategy and Tactics	p. 199
New Type Of Warfare? Part II	p. 210
Irish Soldiers Abroad - The Story of Ireland's Exile Soldiers	p. 217
The Principles of War	p. 223
The Principles of War Part II	p. 231
The Principles of War Part III	p. 234
The Principles of War Part IV	p. 241
Some comments on The Principles of War	p. 245
Index	p. 251
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