ASIN: B00J6OOPUM
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 549
FIRED WITH ANGUISH over the failed 1916 Easter uprising In Dublin, Michael O'Leary, a farmer from County Cork bands together a group of young citizen patriots...28 men and 2 women forging them into a mobile fighting unit...a flying column. As members of the Irish Republican Army, their Cause is to join in with other columns in a country wide movement to drive the ruling English out of Ireland and to establish a free independent nation. Branded as outlaws by the authorities, O'Leary's column carefully plan and execute a series of daring ambushes and raids on the forces of the Crown. In their harsh but committed existence operating in rugged territory, the column builds up a trusting comradeship unaware that one of them is a spy. As a diversion from the conflicts, the column still find the time to laugh, sing, dance, and for two, discover romance amid the chaos of life on the run. ...
