The Ballycotton Job (Paperback)

Tom Mahon

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Langue : anglais

Edité par The Mercier Press, Cork, 2022

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Paperback. A sensational affair. carried out with great audacity - New York Times. An astonishing act of piracy, the capture of the British war ship, the Upnor changed the course of Ireland's Civil War. Flawless in its planning and execution, while Winston Churchill remarked on Irish 'genius for conspiracy', a furious Michael Collins accused the British of deliberately arming his enemies. Indeed, its highly likely that the bullet that killed him originated in the Upnor.The Ballycotton Job brings this riveting story to life, its cast of disparate characters and strands of adventure beautifully woven together. This book sees events leading up to the capture as well as the consequences of the Upnor seizure discussed in detail. Based on years of archival research, it tells a unique story of both sides, Irish and British. The book's fast-paced narrative is enlivened by dialogue and details obtained from interviews with participants. Ireland teetered on the verge of civil war, the IRA splitting into anti-Treaty and pro-Treaty stance, Michael Collins and the Provisional Government on the pro-Treaty side. Cork's Sean OHegarty, the local anti-Treaty IRA leader, prevented Collins National Army from entering the city. As the British evacuated soldiers and equipment back to England, OHegarty came up with a brilliant plan to capture the munitions en route. Commandeering a tugboat from the Royal Navy base at Queenstown/Cobh, they sped out of the fortified harbour on a mission. Simultaneously, over eighty trucks and lorries were hijacked all across Cork, leaving citizens mystified as to what was going on.In a clever ruse, the IRA squad captured arms ship Upnor, bringing it into the small port of Ballycotton. The village, now under the control of IRA fighters, witnessed the unloading of weaponry onto waiting lorries then driven off to secret arms dumps throughout Cork. OHegarty's men seized eighty tons of arms, subsequently distributed to southern IRA divisions during the Civil War. This audacious act of piracy caused a sensation. A field day for the newspapers, The Irish Independent called it an amazing exploit; The Times a clever and daring coup. This is the story of the most astonishing act of piracy carried out in Ireland in the last two hundred years. It was an operation that changed the course of the Irish Civil War.The Ballycotton Job brings this long forgotten story dramatically back to life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Titre
The Ballycotton Job (Paperback)
Auteur
Tom Mahon
Éditeur
The Mercier Press, Cork
Année de publication
2022
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1781174431
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781781174432

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