The Outrages 1920–1922: The IRA and the Ulster Special Constabulary in the Border Campaign
The Outrages 1920–1922: The IRA and the Ulster Special Constabulary in the Border Campaign by Pearse Lawlor
English | January 25, 2012 | ISBN: 1856358062 | True EPUB | 352 pages | 2.7 MB
English | January 25, 2012 | ISBN: 1856358062 | True EPUB | 352 pages | 2.7 MB
The Outrages gives an account of the major incidents, now slipping from local memory, as the Irish War of Independence escalated from attacks on RIC barracks into internecine atrocities. The many lives lost in each border county are chronicled with factual accounts of attacks and reprisals, the impact these events had in Westminster, and how Churchill, Craig, and Collins reacted.
Details of attacks on the Great Northern Railway and other networks, not previously published, provide a unique insight into the problems faced by railwaymen and by the government during the period. A must read for anyone interested in this period of Irish history, and a treasury for genealogists.