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Post by groundhog on Nov 20, 2011 2:55:09 GMT
And I should add that a friend gave me this book as a birthday present |
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Post by groundhog on Nov 26, 2011 9:08:31 GMT
Anybody living around Clonmel, the bargain bookshop in Gladstone Street has a few copies of Irishmen in War 1800-2000, Essays from the Irish Sword Volume II. Price €10 There are also several copies of Bryan Cooper's The 10th Irish Division at Gallipoli priced €8 |
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Post by TallyhoBob on Jan 8, 2012 22:59:09 GMT
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Post by TallyhoBob on Jan 8, 2012 23:06:17 GMT
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Post by groundhog on Jan 10, 2012 16:52:42 GMT
There is or was a bit of controversy about George. His son was refused permission to scatter his ashes on the Republican plot in Kilrossanty for some reason. IIRC there's a thread about it on Boards.ie
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Post by TallyhoBob on Feb 5, 2012 23:58:16 GMT
Just Finished Reading again Ernie O'Malleys account of his War of Independence Exploits-"On Another Mans Wound"-Excellent Book
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Post by groundhog on Mar 11, 2012 18:04:13 GMT
I got two Military History books from Amazon last week. Officers Died in the Great War 1914-1919 I was rather disappointed in this book. It lists the Officers who died by Regiment but gives only name rank and date of death. By contrast the books for ORs of which I got the one for the Royal Irish Regiment a few years ago also list place of biirth, death enlistment and address on enlistment. I thought there would be no shortage of information on the Officers. |
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Post by groundhog on Mar 11, 2012 18:15:31 GMT
My second purchase was Donal McCracken's Forgotten Protest: Ireland and the Anglo-Boer War . Looking forward to this one which I hope to start tonight. The Boer War was hugely controversial at the time, and not just in Ireland. It's story has gotten lost in subsequent events, World War 1 and the Irish revolution so it's great to see a book or two on the subject. |
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Post by groundhog on Mar 12, 2012 21:43:22 GMT
Another in the Mercier Press series A Military History of the Irish Civil War. Each book is very short but provides a blow by blow account of the fighting. If I have a criticism it's that some of the authors find it hard to conceal their anti-Treaty sympathies. A century on Ms Gillis seems shocked that the National Army actually returned fire. |
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Post by groundhog on Mar 23, 2012 0:03:39 GMT
Two books by the same author detailing some of the fighting during the Easter Rising. The first is about the battle for Mount Street Bridge and the second is on the South Dublin Union. The latter should be of particular interest to STMHS members, involving as it did, the 3rd Bn of the Royal Irish Regt. Many Tipperary people can truthfully say their ancestor fought in the Easter Rising without going into detail ;D |
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Post by groundhog on Mar 26, 2012 9:51:22 GMT
Paul O'Brien's third book in the 1916 series is about the Four Courts (published in the last fortnight). He seems to have changed publisher though and hopefully his new editor can get him to stop using the phrase "British Crown Forces" over and over. Book Four will be Field of Fire, 1916 & the Battle for Ashbourne (Fingal) Battalion of the Irish Volunteers under Commandant Thomas Ashe and Lieutenant Richard Mulcahy fought a battle against the Royal Irish Constabulary at Ashbourne in County Meath. After five hours of combat the Irish Volunteers had killed eight policemen and wounded seventeen others. This is the true story of a horrific battle outside of Dublin city, a battle that would be a template for many others that were to come later during the Irish War for Independence. www.paulobrienauthor.com/books.html |
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Post by groundhog on Apr 4, 2012 12:27:27 GMT
In Freedom's Cause by Pádraig O Haicéad Went into Costcutters in Cashel today for The Nationalist and they have half a dozen copies of this book. It reproduces articles and letters from the pages of the Nenagh Guardian during World War 1. The articles mention by name, not just those who made the ultimate sacrifice, but who volunteered, who was wounded and so on. It also makes occasional forays into the South Riding. The book gives a great feel of the times. No Tipperary military history bookshelf should be without this book. |
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Post by johnnydoyle on Apr 7, 2012 10:40:50 GMT
I keep my booklist on LibraryThing www.librarything.com/catalog/johnnydoyleJust finished reading Forward the Rifles by Capt David Campbell MC. Covers his time just before WW1, through his service and then just after. It's a bit thin on detail in many places but an interesting read nonetheless. |
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Post by groundhog on Apr 12, 2012 14:05:52 GMT
Battleground Europe The anniversary of the Battle of Arras and the Canadian capture of Vimy Ridge made me go looking for this guide book that I have had for a few years now. It is one of an excellent and extensive series covering both World Wars. This book covers not only the Canadian action in April 1917 but the French efforts in 1915 and the British takeover of responsibility in the area in 1916. The Battle of Arras has been largely forgotten in the popular history of the Great War but it would have been big news at the time. A memorial in Ferrybank churchyard in Waterford records that the man commemorated died at Vimy Ridge in June 1917 with the Royal Irish Regt. In fact he would have died at Messines Ridge. Also ordered Walking Arras in the same series last night |
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Post by trpsarge on Apr 12, 2012 21:10:27 GMT
Dubary Books at Market Cross in Kilkenny have an excellent range of books off the shelf.
Quick visit there left me 60 notes the poorer last week, but I was able to get.
The Rape Of Nanking by Iris Chan
Hitlers Hangman, The Life of Heydrich by Robert Gerwarth
Leningrad by Anna reid.
On the bed side locker at the moment is Gulag, which not purely military is a very interesting read.
Hitlers First War by Thomas Weber, recently finished, good read.
The Kaisers Holocaust again good reading.
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