Tom Barry
IRA Freedom Fighter
Published on 30. September 2005
480 pages
978-1-85635-732-6 (ISBN)
Description
Tom Barry: IRA Freedom Fighter chronicles the action-packed life of the Commander of the Third West Cork Flying Column, including the decisive Kilmichael ambush and the controversy regarding sectarianism during the 1920-22 period.
Author, Meda Ryan, details his 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 and right up to his death in 1980. Includes an extensive body of primary source material, including Tom Barry's papers,
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Meda Ryan is a native of Bandon in West Cork and now lives in Ennis, Co. Clare. Her published books include: Michael Collins and the Women who Spied for Ireland and the controversial biography, Tom Barry, IRA Freedom Fighter.
Content
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 - Early Life
- 2 - Caught up in the Movement
- 3 - Training, Ambushes, Action, Auxiliary Confrontation
- 4 - Kilmichael - The False Surrender Question
- 5 - From Lashing November Rain to Hospital Bed
- 6 - Lord Tom, Burgatia, Rosscarbery, Michael Collins
- 7 - Percival's Spies and Informers
- 8 - Crossbarry's Landmark Success
- 9 - Formation of the First Southern Division
- 10 - To Michael Collins and GHQ
- 11 - Through Boggy Slopes to Deep Valley Desmond
- 12 - Appointed IRA Deputy Divisional Commander
- 13 - Truce and Marriage to Leslie Mary Price
- 14 - 'The Dunmanway Find' of Informers' Dossier
- 15 - Civil War and Jail Begins
- 16 - From Jail Escape to Leader of Men
- 17 - Republicans 'Dump Arms and Cease Fire'
- 18 - 'Goal for the Declaration of a Republic'
- 19 - From IRA Chief-of-Staff to IRA Pension Humiliation
- 20 - Second World War
- 21 - No 'Distortion of History' Call
- 22 - The Republic of Ireland Bill
- 23 - American Tour to End Partition of Ireland
- 24 - 'A True Humanitarian'
- 25 - Unveiling Michael Collins Monument - Healing War Wounds
- 26 - 'Head-reeling' Controversy
- 27 - From Mardyke Bench to Final Curtain
- Appendix I - Kilmichael Ambush Participants
- Appendix II: Kilmichael Ambush - the Aftermath
- and Mistakes at Crossbarry
- APPENDIX III: Meeting to end Civil War, March 1923
- APPENDIX IV: Proclamation, 27 April 1923
- APPENDIX V: Tom Barry's opinion on 'The Revolution'
- APPENDIX VI: Letter re Tom Barry's pension
- APPENDIX VII: Ballads
- Bibliography
