[Mulcahy, General Richard]

Collection of three (3) important publications on General Richard Mulcahy. The collection includes: 1. Maryann Gialanella Valiulis – General Richard Mulcahy and the founding of the Irish Free State – Portrait of a Revolutionary / 2. Risteard Mulcahy – My Father – The General – Richard Mulcahy and the Military History of the Revolution / 3. Risteard Mulcahy – Richard Mulcahy (1886-1971) – A Family Memoir. Including a very interesting newspaper-clipping with a review of this book.

Dublin, Irish Academic Press / Aurelian Press / Liberties, 1992 – 2009. Octavo. 289, 263, 422 pages. The Valiulis-publication in original Hardcover with dustjacket / The two other publications in softcover. All three Volumes in excellent, as new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Richard James Mulcahy (10 May 1886 – 16 December 1971) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and army general who served as Minister for Education from 1954 to 1957 and 1948 to 1951, Minister for the Gaeltacht from June 1956 to October 1956, Leader of the Opposition from 1944 to 1948, Leader of Fine Gael from 1944 to 1959, Minister for Local Government and Public Health from 1927 to 1932, Minister for Defence from 1922 to 1924 and January 1919 to April 1919. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1943 to 1957 and 1922 to 1938. He was a Member of Parliament for the Dublin Clontarf constituency from 1918 to 1922.

He was an army general and commander-in-chief for the Irish Republican Army. He later served in the cabinets of W. T. Cosgrave and John A. Costello. He fought in the 1916 Easter Rising, served as Chief of Staff of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence and became commander of the pro-treaty forces in the Irish Civil War after the death of Michael Collins. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Catalogue Irish History Four – Irish Postwar History & Administration · Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Collection Tadhg Ó Murchú (This is a book from his personal reference library) · Collections · Collections Irish History & Politics Rare · Fine Gael · From the library of Tadgh Ó Murchu · History of Irish Politics · Irish Biographies · Irish Biography · Irish Free State · Irish History · Irish History – Rare · Irish Military History · Irish Political History · Irish Politics
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 101046AB

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