The Unknown Commandant: The Life and Times of Denis Barry 1883–1923
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- Synopsis
- In size and tone, Denis Barry’s funeral cortège in the midst of a bloody civil war was similar to those that marked the burials of Tomás MacCurtain and Terence McSwiney and, in more peaceful times, of Christy Ring and Jack Lynch. Who was ‘the Unknown Commandant’? A martyr and a hero to his countrymen, Denis Barry is overlooked today. This book rescues this hugely respected Cork man from relative anonymity. Denis Barry toiled in the shadows of McSwiney and MacCurtain in the tumultuous period of the Irish War of Independence. A brave soldier, patriot and sportsman, hunger strike ended his life at the Newbridge Internment Camp in 1923 for the cause he believed in.
- Copyright:
- 2010
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- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781848890510
- Publisher:
- Gill Books
- Date of Addition:
- 04/20/20
- Copyrighted By:
- Denis Barry
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.
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