Durney, James.

On the One Road. Political Unrest in Kildare 1913-1994.

No place, Gaul House, 2001. 17 cm x 24.5 cm. 208 pages including numerous black and white photographs. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing and stains on edge and endpaper.

On Easter Tuesday morning, fifteen men from Kildare marched to the GPO in Dublin to take part in the 1916 Rising. After the surrender they were marched off to internment camps in Britain. When the rebels were released they came home to a different country. All of Ireland was in rebellion and County Kildare played its part.
″On the One Road” is the story of Kildare through that turbulent period, the Black and Tan terror, the Civil War, the Blueshirts era and the IRA campaigns through the 1940’s and 50’s and on to the recent phase of the Troubles. (From the backcover)

Includes for example the following chapters: Part 1. Volunteers / The Easter Rising / Part 2. Green Against Green / Blueshirts and Greenshirts. Civil War Politics / Part3. Keeping the Faith / Before the Dawn.

• Keywords: Easter Rising · Irish Civil War · Irish History · Irish Local History · Irish Political History
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0953052176
• Inventory Number: 200561AB

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