- Paperback: 112 pages
- Publisher: Cork University Press (1 April 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1859181457
- ISBN-13: 978-1859181454
- Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13 x 1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 821,090 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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P draig Fathaigh ( 1879-1976) was a lifelong Gaelic Leaguer and teacher of Irish. Already a prominent member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood and the Irish Volunteers before 1916, O Fathaigh was arrested on Easter Tuesday before he could join forces with Liam Mellows. He spent the next year undergoing penal servitude, the first of four terms of imprisonment between 1916 and 1920. When at liberty he acted as an intelligence officer in South Galway and Mid-Clare, taking part in some minor ambushes. His detailed and thoughtful handwritten recollections of life " on the run" and in prison portray the widening chasm between Irish nationalists and agents of authority such as the police. For men like Fathaig, the Irish language was essential to nationality, providing access to a secret world which the oppressor could never enter. These personal recollections will interest all students of the Irish revolution and the Gaelic revival
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After advent of Irish Volunteers, drill was taught by me at Ballyglass, Castledaly, Ardrahan & Skehanagh (Peterswell) in addition to Gaelic & Irish dancing. Read the first page
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This book was very informative of the author's experience of the day to day life in the Old IRA on ambushes and training with units in various parts of the Country, from 1916 to 1922. Some parts are quite humourous, eg. sleeping with local people in safe-houses. It draws light on the hardships faced by people who were 'on the run' and also on their families. There is also an interesting section on life in a prision camp in the UK following the 1916 Rising. The book is well worth a read, entertaining and good value for money.
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