Towards Ireland free: The West Cork Brigade in the War of Independence, 1917-1921

Deasy, Liam

Mercier Press

Brother against brother

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

First published in 1973, Towards Ireland Free is the story of one of the leaders of the War of Independence. In this account of the War of Independence in West Cork, he vividly recreates the tense and hope-filled atmosphere of those years and provides a rich gallery of portraits of those he fought alongside.

Towards Ireland Free: The West Cork Brigade in the War of Independence 1917-1921

History

Chisholm, John E.

Europe

<p>In the War of Independence, military leaders such as Michael Collins, Liam Lynch and Liam Deasy secured Irish independence from a country that had seemingly limitless resources of men, money and arms. The British, lacked the one thing which the Irish possessed in abundance: a burning conviction in the justice of their cause.\nFirst published in 1973, Towards Ireland Free is the story of one of these leaders. Liam Deasy was just twenty at the time of the 1916 Easter Rising. He enrolled in the Volunteers in Bandon in 1917 and by 1921 was in command of the West Cork Brigade. In this account of the War of Independence in West Cork, he vividly recreates the tense and hope-filled atmosphere of those years and provides a rich gallery of portraits of those alongside whom he fought. Best of all, he recounts in great detail famous episodes such as the successful attack on the British Naval Sloop in Bantry, Howes Strand and Ballycrovane Coastguard stations, the ambushes at Kilmichael and Crossbarry and the raid on Fastnet rock.</p>

Towards Ireland Free: The West Cork Brigade in the War of Independence 1917- 1921

<p>Brother Against Brother is Liam Deasy's moving and sensitive account of the Irish Civil War, one of Ireland's greatest tragedies. He recalls the circumstances surrounding his much-criticised order appealing to his comrades to call off the Civil War û an order that saved the lives of hundreds of prisoners. He also recounts his involvement in the ambush at Beal na mBlath, in which his close friend Michael Collins met his death on 22 August 1922. This book gives a rare and profound insight into the brutal, suicidal war that set father against son and brother against brother.</p>

Brother Against Brother

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