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Truce By Padraig Og O Ruairc

Truce by Padraig Og O Ruairc


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A robust analysis of the three days between the announcement and the implementation of the Truce that counters the myths and propaganda invented by some politicians, historians and newspaper columnists in an attempt to rewrite Irish history.

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Truce: Murder, Myth and the Last Days of the Irish War of Independence by Padraig Og O Ruairc

On 8 July 1921 a Truce between the IRA and British forces in Ireland was announced, to begin three days later. However, in those three days at least sixty people from both sides of the conflict were killed. In 'Truce', Padraig Og O Ruairc goes back to the facts to reveal what actually happened in those three bloody days, and why. * What sparked Belfast's 'Bloody Sunday' in 1921, the worst bout of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland's troubled history? * Why were four unarmed British soldiers kidnapped and killed by the IRA in Cork just hours before the ceasefire began? * Who murdered Margaret Keogh, a young Dublin rebel, in cold blood on her own doorstep? * Were the last spies shot by the IRA really working for British intelligence or just the victims of anti-Protestant bigotry? This book answers these questions for the first time and separates fact from fiction to find out what really happened in the final battles between the IRA and the British forces.

About Padraig Og O Ruairc

Padraig Og O Ruairc has a PhD in History from the University of Limerick. He has written several books on the Irish revolutionary period. His last book 'Revolution' was shortlisted in the Best Irish Published Book category in the 2011 Irish Book Awards. He works for the OPW in Limerick and is very active in the Irish history community online.

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GOR007686685
9781781173855
1781173850
Truce: Murder, Myth and the Last Days of the Irish War of Independence by Padraig Og O Ruairc
Used - Very Good
Paperback
The Mercier Press Ltd
20160122
384
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