PÃ¡draig o'Fathaigh's War of Independence Recollections of a Galway Gaelic Leaguer

Name: PÃ¡draig o'Fathaigh's War of Independence Recollections of a Galway Gaelic Leaguer
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ISBN: 9781859181454

ISBN-10: 1859181457

ISBN-13: 9781859181454

Edition: 2000

Authors: Timothy G. McMahon

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Pdraig Fathaigh ( 1879-1976) was a lifelong Gaelic Leaguer and teacher of Irish. Already a prominent member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the Irish Volunteers before 1916, O Fathaigh was arrested on Easter Tuesday before he could join forces with Liam Mellows. He spent the next year undergoing penal servitude, the first of four terms of imprisonment between 1916 and 1920. When at liberty he acted as an intelligence officer in South Galway and Mid-Clare, taking part in some minor ambushes. His detailed and thoughtful handwritten recollections of life " on the run" and in prison portray the widening chasm between Irish nationalists and agents of authority such as the police. For…

Book details

List price: $11.50
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Cork University Press
Publication date: 6/30/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.80" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.286



Acknowledgements


Introduction


Editorial Note


Padraig O Fathaigh's Memoir


Abbreviations


Notes to Introduction


Notes to Narrative


Bibliography


Index