Executed for Ireland:The Patrick Moran Story

Name: Executed for Ireland:The Patrick Moran Story
Brand: The Mercier Press Ltd
SKU: 9781856356619
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Автор: May Moran

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: The Mercier Press Ltd

Наличност: Външен склад

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Born in Crossna, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Paddy lived most of his adult life in Dublin where he took an...

Информация за книгата

Автор

May Moran

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2010

страници

288

EAN

9781856356619

ISBN

9781856356619

Enbook ID

06513185

Издател

The Mercier Press Ltd

Теглоt

316

Размери

137 x 213 x 21

Пълно описание

Born in Crossna, Boyle, Co. Roscommon, Paddy lived most of his adult life in Dublin where he took an active part in the GAA, the Gaelic League and the Volunteers. He was an active participant in the 1916 Rising and was deported to England after the surrender. On his return in August 1916 he renewed his interest in GAA and helped to reorganise the Volunteers in Dublin and in Roscommon. He was arrested following the assassination of British Intelligence Officers on Bloody Sunday, 21 November 1920, and was charged and convicted for the murder of Lieutenants Ames and Bennett. He was executed by hanging in March 1921 amid calls from civil and religious leaders for the King of England to exercise the Prerogative of Mercy in the belief that he was innocent. But was he?

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