{"product_id":"raids-and-rallies-ernie-omalley-9781856357159","title":"Raids and Rallies","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the Civil War, when Ernie O'Malley lay under sentence of death in Mountjoy prison hospital, some of his notes were smuggled out. 'Most of all, ' he wrote, 'I would have liked to talk about the rank and file where I found solace. ' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaids and Rallies, an account of various offensives against the British in 1920- 21, is his tribute to that rank and file. 'It was a people's war. That is why we fought so well from November 1920.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'What helps to make these memoirs notable ... is that O'Malley writes more than a documentary in his constant awareness of nature in the background. ' - Sunday Press;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Entrancing reading ... for those who seek an insight into the mentality of the men who took on the might of the British Empire. ' - Sunday Independent;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Where O'Malley differs from virtually all others who have published their recollections of those years is that he was a writer and an intellectual who was constantly weighing and analysing all that was happening. ' - The Irish Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart of the trilogy that inspired the movie 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernie O'Malley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1856357155\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781856357159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mercier Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 29","brand":"Ernie O'Malley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45933979894015,"sku":"9781856357159","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8192058-fa0a-459f-bba2-eff6bbf6515f.jpg?v=1721790057","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/raids-and-rallies-ernie-omalley-9781856357159","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}