
Ten Days in July
Tom Kerr(Author)
Trafford Publishing
Published on 25. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-1-4251-6306-8 (ISBN)
Description
In 1993 Ronald McCaul, the chief strategist of the Provos in Northern Ireland and Thomas O'Connor, one of their most famous gunman, escaped from Castlereagh Interrogation Center in Belfast. The two appeared to dissolve into thin air.
In July 1998 they reappear in the Republic of Ireland and are arrested by the Garda(the Police Force of the Republic).
McCaul, who was sick when arrested, asked O'Connor to take his body home to Wales if he dies. O'Connor agreed to McCaul's request. Within days, McCaul died..
Chief Superintendent Patrick T. Kerrigan of the Garda proposed to use O'Connor as a bait to lure members of the Provos into a trap. The trap failed, O'Connor was rescued by the Provos and whisked into Northern Ireland. Kerrigan and his unit become the butt of both official and public criticism.
A plan is hatched to transport McCaul's body to Wales, but the authorities from both the Republic and Northern Ireland decided to have McCaul's remains cremated within days. This is to prevent the Provos the opportunity for a public funeral with speeches by the Provos' firebrands.
In addition, the British SIS(MI-5) were aware of O'Connors activities from recorded telephone conversations.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Victoria
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
455 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4251-6306-8 (9781425163068)
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Person
The Author spent the majority of his twenty year military career as a Counter Intelligent Agent and a Field Agent in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. His assignments include both overt and covert operations. The Author has used this experience as the basis for his writing.