Me Father Was a Hero and Me Mother Is a Saint is the true story of a large working-class family from North Dublin. "It begins with the period of my father's service with 'E' company 1st Battalion Dublin Brigade during the War of Independence against the British, and his incarceration in Mountjoy Prison during the period of the war." The book pulls no punches as it details the execution of Kevin Barry and the subsequent hunger strike in protest. The author relates his father's service with the IRA during the Civil War in 1922-23 and his being jailed again. During World War II, his father...
Me Father Was a Hero and Me Mother Is a Saint is the true story of a large working-class family from North Dublin. "It begins with the period of my fa...
