Description

The decade leading to the Anglo-Irish Treaty was defined by a highly disciplined, localized guerrilla warfare campaign that pushed the British Empire to the negotiating table. In Echoes of Their Footsteps Volume 1: The Quest for Irish Freedom 1913-1922, renowned researcher Kathleen Hegarty Thorne delivers a masterly, encyclopedic reference history mapping this revolutionary struggle.

Moving systematically through a chronological and regional layout, the text tracks the activities of individual flying columns, local IRA companies, and Cumann na mBan branches. Thorne strips away vague generalizations to provide highly detailed, functional accounts of specific ambushes, safehouse networks, and intelligence operations. Written with direct clarity, this premium volume is a mandatory cornerstone for local heritage organizations, family history researchers, and military collections.

Key features of this revolutionary reference work:

• Exhaustive Brigade Tracking: Meticulously details the specific operations, casualties, and command structures of local volunteer units.

• Unrivaled Ancestry Value: Packed with thousands of specific names, field orders, and biographical snippets of ordinary freedom fighters.

• Gold-Standard Scholarly Quality: Fully supported by extensive footnotes, primary military archives, witness statements, and historic regional maps.