Dan Breen and the IRA [Paperback]

Joe Ambrose (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 15, 2006 | ISBN-10: 1856355063 | ISBN-13: 978-1856355063

Dan Breen started the War of Independence. He was the leader of the Third Tipperary Brigade and he sustained 22 bullet wounds evading the British. After the War of Independence, he fought in the Civil War, taking the Republican side when it was obvious that the two sides could not be reconciled. Later he moved to America where, at the height of prohibition, he ran a speakeasy, or illegal bar. Back in Ireland, he spent several years in Dail ireann, tried to establish a native film industry and continued to pursue a dream of a thirty-two county Ireland. This is a revised and updated edition of the successful biography which was first published in 1981.

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About the Author

Joe Ambrose was born in Tipperary within a few miles of Dan Breen's birthplace. He works as a freelance journalist, writer, filmmaker, arts agitator, and is member of experimental hip hop group Islamic Diggers. He divides his time between London, Ireland and Morocco. His books include two novels for Pulp Books, Serious Time (1998) and Too Much Too Soon (2000); a punk rock book for Omnibus Press Moshpit Culture (2001); an investigation of covert punk culture from inside the moshpit, Gimme Danger (2004); a biography of punk icon Iggy Pop.

Product Details

• Paperback: 223 pages
• Publisher: Mercier Press (July 15, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1856355063
• ISBN-13: 978-1856355063
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,165,995 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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