Ernie O'Malley : IRA intellectual / Richard English.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

English, Richard, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

O'Malley, Ernie, 1897-1957.

O'Malley, Ernie.

Irish Republican Army--Biography.

Irish Republican Army.

Authors, Irish--20th century--Biography.

Authors, Irish.

Revolutionaries--Ireland--Biography.

Revolutionaries.

Ireland--History--Civil War, 1922-1923--Biography.

Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ernie O'Malley (1897-1957) was one of the most talented and colourful of modern Irish republicans. A leader in the 1916-1923 Revolution, and a contemporary of Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera, he subsequently penned two classic autobiographical accounts of the struggle in later years: On Another Man's Wound and The Singing Flame. He travelled widely in Europe and America, mixing with leading artistic and literary figures such as Georgia O'Keefe and Samuel Beckett, and celebrities like John Wayne. This thematic biography draws heavily on previously unseen archival material, and will be essen

Contents:

Contents; List of Plates; Abbreviations; 1 The Life; 2 The Revolutionary; 3 The Intellectual; 4 The Companion; 5 The Legacies; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-75226-2

0-19-151867-0

0-19-151339-3

0-19-820595-3

9786610752263

OCLC:

435942153