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The Irish experience during the Second World War : an oral history / Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon.

LIBRA D754.I5 G763 2004
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Grob-Fitzgibbon, Benjamin John.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
World War, 1939-1945--Ireland.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Irish.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Irish.
Soldiers--Ireland--Biography.
Soldiers.
Ireland.
Genre:
Personal narratives -- Irish.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Physical Description:
xii, 292 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Dublin ; Portland, OR : Irish Academic Press, 2004.
Contents:
Part I Historical Perspectives
Neutrality Preserved 3
A War Observed 22
Dublin: A Safety Valve 40
Three Armies and a Reserve 59
The Six Counties: An Island of War within an Ireland at Peace 86
Part II Narrative Perspectives
Lieutenant Colonel Sean Clancy 95
Maurice Craig 109
Maureen Diskin 124
Lydia Graves Johnston 138
George Heatherington 150
Major James F. Hickie 159
Brigadier General Patrick Hogan, Brigadier General Patrick Daly, Lieutenant Colonel James Coyle, Lieutenant Colonel John P. Duggan, Commandant Owen Quinn 190
Patrick Lynch 222
Uinseann MacEoin 232
Patrick Maloney 249
Liam O'Reagain 261
Retired Superintendent Tom Ryan 269
Patrick Scott 276.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [284]-288) and index.
ISBN:
071652810X
0716528118
OCLC:
56974558

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