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Four Courts Pr Ltd, 2022. Paperback. New. 222 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

Four Courts Press Ltd, 2022 Book. Very Good. Soft cover. A little wear to the edge of the card cover. By any measure, Cathal Brugha's life was extraordinary: a member of the Gaelic League, Irish Republican Brotherhood and Irish Volunteers; a celebrated survivor of the 1916 Rising, despite multiple gunshot wounds; a crucial figure in the post-Rising reorganization of the Volunteers and Sinn Féin; speaker at the first sitting of Dáil Éireann and president pro tempore; minister for defence in the underground government during the War of Independence; passionate and acerbic opponent of the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921; a reluctant participant in the Irish civil war, having tried to prevent it; and that conflict's first high profile fatality in July 1922. Based on exhaustive research, this book challenges the often simplistic and reductive depiction of Brugha by providing a nuanced and multi-layered reappraisal of him. It chronicles his public and private life and the influences… Read More

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.