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Originally published by The Kerryman in 1947, this is one of the four titles in the Fighting Stories Series. It records the events of the War of Independence in the words of the people who fought it and those who wrote about it at the time. The book features reports on the Cork City Volunteers, the ambushes at Tureengarriffe, Clonbanin, Rathcoole, Tureen and many others, the murder of Tomas MacCurtain, the disastrous battle of Clonmult and the campaigns of the flying columns around the county from Mitchelstown to Blarney.With a selection of original pictures from the conflict and reports from both Kilmichael and Crossbarry, Rebel Corks Fighting Story is a treasure trove of information and intriguing detail.

A ground-breaking new book that looks back on Irelands struggle for freedom with a refreshingly new perspective and attitude. This is a journey into a turbulent period in Irelands past and covers the exploits of charismatic guerrilla leader Sean Treacy, Tipperarys flying columns and the horrors of Croke Parks Bloody Sunday. Tipperarys role in the War of Independence has been greatly under-played and this book analyses the main events and personalities of the time.

Tadhg Barry was the last high-profile victim of the crown forces during the Irish War of Independence. A veteran republican, trade unionist, journalist, poet, GAA official and alderman on Cork Corporation, he was shot dead in Ballykinlar internment camp on 15 November 1921.Barrys tragic death was a huge, but subsequently largely forgotten, event in Ireland. Dublin came to a standstill as a quarter of a million people lined the streets and the IRA had its last full mobilisation before the Treaty split. The funeral in Cork echoed those of Barrys comrades, the martyred lord mayors Tomas MacCurtain and Terence MacSwiney.The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed three weeks later, all internees were released and the movement that elevated him to hero/martyr status was ripped asunder in the ensuing civil war. The name of Tadhg Barry became lost in the smoke.This is the first biography of a fascinating activist described by his British enemies as an Utter disloyalist and by a comrade as a characteristic product of Rebel Cork courageous, kindly, generous to a fault, bold and daring, and independent in speech and action. It offers fascinating new perspectives on the dynamics of Irelands long revolution, including glimpses of the roads not taken.