Author: M. E. Dudley
Publisher:
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Category : Nationalists
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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Author: Henry Playsted Archer
Publisher:
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Category : Patriotic poetry, Irish
Languages : en
Pages : 90

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Author: Sean Boyne
Publisher: Merrion Press
ISBN: 1908928697
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 507

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This is the first-ever biography of Emmet Dalton, an American-born Dubliner, Home Ruler and later Republican, whose extraordinary military career as a British officer, IRA leader and General in the Free State army brought him from Flanders to Beal na Bláth. A decorated hero of the Battle of the Somme, he returned from the war with the rank of Captain and transferred his military expertise to the now rampant IRA, serving as Director of Training, and greatly impressing Michael Collins with his extraordinary daring and nerve. Soon befriending Collins and becoming his close confidante, he accompanied him to the Treaty talks in London in 1921, and in the Civil War that followed Dalton oversaw the bombardment of the Four Courts, personally manning an 18-pounder artillery gun. He then masterminded and led the audacious seaborne landings and successful recapture of Cork City and Munster Republic from Anti-Treaty forces, but was ultimately traumatised when Collins died in his arms at Beal na Bláith. In his expansive biography, Sean Boyne vividly portrays Dalton's experiences and the vital role he played in the politics and wars that created the independent Irish state. Dalton was the first Senate Clerk and he became a pioneer of the Irish film world, founding Ardmore film studios and establishing the Irish Film industry. An attractive and high-achieving figure in Irish life in war and peace, Dalton's heroism allowed him to live his many lives to the full, and this compelling biography does justice to a figure who will captivate all those interested in modern Irish history and the birth of the state.

Author: John W. Burke
Publisher: Charleston, S.C., Courtenay & Wienges; Philadelphia, Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Company
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Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 324

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Author: Julius Tietze Tietzelieve
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92

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Author: Richard Green Parker
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Category : Readers (Elementary)
Languages : en
Pages : 614

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Author: Patrick M. Geoghegan
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773525429
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388

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"Robert Emmet (1778-1803) was one of the most romantic of all Irish revolutionaries. His doomed relationship with Sarah Curran, his failed rebellion at the age of twenty-five and the brilliance of his speech from the dock, captured the popular imagination and created a powerful and enduring legend. W.B. Yeats declared that Emmet was the leading saint of Irish Nationalism." "This book reveals for the first time the complex and ingenious plans that Emmet devised for the rebellion. His youthful idealism and military talent proved insufficient, however, and his attempt to seize Dublin on 23 July 1803 was a dramatic failure. Captured soon after, Emmet won an unlikely victory with his extraordinary speech from the dock that is rightly considered to be one of the greatest courtroom orations in history. He died bravely on the scaffold the next day."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author: John Davison Lawson
Publisher:
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Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 894

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Author: Moses King
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 942

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations
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Category : Extradition
Languages : en
Pages : 956

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