THE BATTLE FOR LIMERICK CITY by Padraig Og O Ruairc, Gabriel Doherty ( 9781856356756 )

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Title:

THE BATTLE FOR LIMERICK CITY

By:

Padraig Og O Ruairc, Gabriel Doherty

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1856356752

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9781856356756

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Publisher:

THE MERCIER PRESS LTD

Pub. date:

1 March, 2010

Series:

Mercier's History of the Irish Civil War

Pages:

160

Description:

The story of the vicious battle between Republican and Provisional Government forces for control of Limerick City in the early days of the Civil War.

Synopsis:

The Civil War arrived in Limerick with a whimper rather than a bang. Outnumbered and out-gunned, the Pro-Treaty Commander of the city, Michael Brennan, negotiated a truce with the Anti-Treaty Chief of Staff, Liam Lynch. But the benefit of this lull in fighting accrued almost entirley to the Pro-Treaty side. They gained time for reinforcements and weaponry to arrive and when they did, the city because a battleground of extreme viciousness. Several buildings were shelled by 18-pounder guns at point blank range. The fighting around the strand barracks was partiocularly heavy. In this new book on the victory of the free state troops in Limerick, Padraig O Ruairc offers a fresh perspective on the struggle that reduced the viability of the Republican's hoped for Munster Republic and set the stage for the battle of Kilmallock which checked the pro treaty rout that the initial stages of the Civil War had been.

Illustrations:

18 Illustrations, black and white

Publication:

Ireland

Imprint:

The Mercier Press Ltd

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Returnable

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