The outrages, 1920-1922 : the IRA and the Ulster Special Constabulary in the border campaign / Pearse Lawlor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawlor, Pearse.

Contributor:

Charles H. Maxson Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ulster Special Constabulary.

Irish Republican Army.

History.

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

Ireland.

Ireland--History--War of Independence, 1919-1921.

Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)--History--20th century.

Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland).

Ireland--Ulster.

Irish Republican Army--History.

Ulster Special Constabulary--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

351 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cork : Mercier, [2011]

Summary:

"This book gives an account of the major incidents, now slipping from local memory, as the War of Independence escalated from attacks on RIC barracks into internecine atrocities. The many lives lost in each northern county are chronicled with factual accounts of attacks and reprisals, the impact these events had in Westminster and how Churchill, Craig and Collins reacted. Included are the events leading to the creation of the Ulster Special Constabulary and an in-depth account of the shooting of A Specials at Clones railway station, the slaughter of eight unionists in a single night in south Armagh, the cover-up after B Specials left three innocent nationalists dead and two wounded in Cushendall, and the litany of reprisal killings from Camlough to Desertmartin. 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."--Publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-340) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.

ISBN:

9781856358064

1856358062

OCLC:

759582932

Publisher Number:

40020615991