Tom Barry : IRA Freedom Fighter

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ISBN: 9781856354806

Author	Ryan, Meda
Pub Date	01/08/2005
Binding	Paperback
Pages	352
Country	IRL
Dewey	322.42092

Publisher: The Mercier Press Ltd

Quick overview The story of Tom Barry's life, peppered by his battles with the State and Church, and his constant endeavours to obtain an All Ireland Republic makes him a unique and important figure of Irish history. In 1949 when he addressed huge crowds in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Boston, his voice rang out - 'My one aim is to unite the Irish people - one race...The Border will not fade away, or the Partition will not be ended until such time as the united strength is used in a supreme effort to get rid of it.

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It details Barry's involvement on the fringes of the Treaty negotiations; his Republican activities during the Civil War; his engagement in the cease-fire/dump-arms deal of 1923; his term as the IRA's Chief-of-Staff and his participation in IRA conflicts in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s right up to his death in 1980.

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