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The Civil War in Kildare
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By: James Durney
Publisher: The Mercier Press Ltd
Published: June 2011
Pages: 224
Categories: Humanities
Language: English
Available as: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9781856357579
ASIN: 1856357570

An in-depth study of the Civil War period in Kildare. The Civil War left a more violent mark on Kildare than the War of Independence had. As a garrison county with military barracks situated on the main Cork and Limerick roads in Naas, Newbridge, the Curragh and Kildare town, it had a low level of republican military activity. By the Truce of 1921, however, Kildare's two IRA battalions had evolved into quite efficient military units. Forty-three people in or from Co. Kildare died during 1922-3, while only fifteen people died in the 1916-21 period as a result of hostilities. Kildare had one of the highest numbers of IRA volunteers executed during the war - eight - and the largest single execution - in December 1922 when seven men from the Rathbride column were executed at the Curragh. Fifteen National Army soldiers were killed in ambushes in the county, yet only three RIC men died. Two internment camps - Tintown and Newbridge - housed nearly 3,000 prisoners in 1922-3, while the Rath Camp held 1,200. The internment camps were the scene of mass hunger strikes and mass jail-breaks and the escape from Newbridge is the biggest in republican prison folklore, with 112 prisoners getting away. Includes the full untold story of the Rathbride column when 7 out of 10 arrested were executed in 1922 while other prisoners in Kerry caught in the same circumstances were reprieved. 'A book that is guaranteed to rouse a lot of interest..' '... easy to read while at the same time authoritative.' 'A new book by James Durney, ' The Civil War in Kildare', tells the little known story of events in the county during the period.' '...a riveting read...' James Durney is a historical tour guide, working in the Local Studies department of Kildare library. He gives several talks per year to local history groups on various local history subjects, as diverse as Irish gangsters in America to Kildare men and women in the Spanish Civil War. He has had material published in various newspapers.

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